Liluei Nishmat Rav Eitam And
Naama Henkin as well as the other recent victims of terroist attacks in Israel
H’’yd
Tomorrow in Israel (or Tuesday in
the diaspora) we will be reading the last parsha in the Torah Vezot Habracha.
The parsha details Moshe blessing the Jewish people before he is about to die
as well as the details leading up to his death and burial. Before the Torah
details Moshe’s blessing’s to the Jewish people the Torah describes how GOD is
king with the Jewish people when the tribes of Bnei Yisrael are united together
(paraphrase of 33:5). Rashi makes note of the fact that it is specifically when
we, the Jewish people, are united and not when we quarrel with one another that
GOD’s presence is strongest amongst us.
It is
essential for us, to view the recent terror attacks that have faced our people
in the past few days as not only something to
mourn and condemn as atrocious murders of several of our brothers and
sister H’’yd but we also must fight
against these atrocities in another way. We must remember the message of
Racheli Frankel mother of Naphtali Frankel Z’’TL H’’yd, who was brutally
murdered at the beginning of last summer’s war along with his friends Eyal and
Gilad, and fight against this tragedy by uniting the Jewish people together and
forget about the differences amongst us.
One
great way for us to unite all of the Jews together is through the Torah which
we conclude and restart anew on Simchat Torah. We must remember that all Jews
have a share in Torah and have the ability to access it.
May we celebrate the wonderful gift of the Torah over
Simchat Torah which we all share as well as all the things that unite us
together as Jews not only in the sad times but in joyous times as well.
Chag Sameach-Gidon Herschander, Yerushalayim Ir Hakodesh,
5776
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