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When Jacob blesses his sons, Simon & Levi, he comments that their anger should be controlled. He understood why they attacked Schem, but that they went about it in the wrong way.

In Jewish thought the Temples were destroyed due to senseless hate among the Jews, not because the Babylonians nor the Romans were more powerful. If God had not willed the Temple to be destroyed it would not have been.

We might think that we do not influence much but we do not see the bigger picture. Sometimes what we consider a small act can have a tremendous impact.

Hanukah saved what was to become Western Civilization. In the Greek and Roman worlds human life was cheap. Mistreatment of slaves was normal. In the Jewish world it was the exact opposite.

The story of Hanukah seems natural but it shows how God’s hand is in the world guiding the events that occurred.

פרשת וזאת הברכה / י”ט בתשרי תשפ”ג / ד’ דחול המואד סוכות

Simhat Torah is the recognition that the Torah is the property of all Jew, no matter how rich or poor, high and low, educated or not.

פרשת וזאת הברכה / י”ח בתשרי תשפ”ג / ב’ דחול המואד סוכות

Sukkot is the holiday for all people. One can build a sukka that covers the entire world. This show that it is for all.

פרשת קרח / ב’ בתמוז תשפ”ב

The problem that Korach had was that he didn’t understand that we needed a legal code in place before we arrive in the Land. This truth is borne out by the fact that the reason the US was so successful as a country was that there was a legal code in place upon independence.