1. In my last post, I wrote that my heroes in the Israel Defense Forces are bringing light into the world. With everything that many of you are seeing in the news, that may sound callous.
So I urge you to think of the kids in Sderot, a development town with the great misfortune of being across the border from Gaza, who were able to return to school recently. For me, the aging piece has the greatest power to tug at my heartstrings. Think of the older adults who were able to return to their adult day center - eating two hot meals a day with their friends, seeing the center's physical therapist and social worker, and celebrating the holidays with their peeps. Those kids, older adults, and everyone in between, were evacuated at the start of the war to locations across the country to ensure their safety. So many others still haven't been able to return home. But because of our soldiers putting their lives on the line, we have reduced evil incarnate terrorists' capabilities to attack us.
Great light into the world.
2. The far right in the US, and now the "progressive" left. Each has their own Big Lie. 2020 was not rigged. And no, Israel and its supporters are not the cause of everything that's wrong in the world. To state the painfully obvious, anti-Semitism is the opposite of progress.
Israel is the great light, fighting off pure evil. We will defeat them.
3. And yesterday, for the eighth time since this horrific war was forced upon us, we put up this beautiful monthly prayer to G-d. On the Sabbath before every new Hebrew month, we say ברכת החודש/the Blessing of the New Month. And we pray that this will be that month of victory and redemption.
כן יהי רצון - may it be G-d's will
