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- Unity and Controversy
But already at the very start of the creation of the world, the Sages of the Land of Israel impart to us that division is extremely undesirable even if it is not the product of strife or disagreement.
Rabbi Yochanan (Midrash Rabba) teaches us that the reason that the phrase "It was good" is absent on the Third day of creation is because the separation (or division) of the waters into the Sky and Seas was mentioned. So averse are the Scriptures to the mere thought of division that they refuse to apply any sort of approbation when division is mentioned.
The lesson that the Sages of the Land of Israel teach us is that division, even if constructive and necessary is ultimately negative and undesirable. It should never be the first choice nor the long term solution.
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Hosha'ana Rabba FLYDUBAI & HOSHANA RABBA- ANI VAHU HOSHIA NA- I & HIM SAVE US
"Ani vaHu Hoshia Na", "I and Him, Save Us". We don't just pray to Him, but we also pray to and for ourselves that we should emulate and educate our children to have that instinctive altruism with which He created the world. President Trump seemed amused about Yaniv Hayon, our PLUMBER who confidently worked with G-d like Superman (he learned from a pilot on a TV show!) to save 174 lives on the Dubai hijacking, but we in Israel are totally accustomed already 78 years to our plumbers, teachers, garbage-men, rabbis, farmers & doctors being Hashem's shlichim! This is what Zionism is about.
