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Yaakov Ben Behora
Rabbi Mordechai Grinberg, Rosh Hayeshivah, Kerem B’Yavneh, in his recently published Sefer, "Kerem L’Shlomo" cites the talmudic discussion in Sanhedrin 97b regarding three verses in this week’s parashah. The Torah states in Chapter 30, Verse 2: "And you will return to the Lord, your God," then in Verse 3, "...the Lord...will gather you from all the peoples wherein you have been scattered," and finally in Verse 10, "...if you will turn unto the Lord your God." The discussion revolves around the difference of opinion between Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Yehoshua regarding the sequence of events. Does the redemption of the Jewish people of Israel depend upon their prior repentance, or not? According to Rabbi Yehoshua, the first verse relates to repentance which will result from the difficult events in the life of the people, whereas the last verse relates to repentance out of the desire of the people to return to God out of love and attachment, rather than fear.
Rabbi Yehoshua further adds that the first verse relates not only to a return to God, but also to a return to Eretz Israel out of desperation and suffering in the lands of the dispersion. The last verse relates to a return to Eretz Israel out of a love and longing for the Holy Land.
In our time, we have seen both expressions of Aliyah; those who have returned to Eretz Israel because of oppression, and those who have returned out of an inner love of the Land.
During these Days of Penitance, while contemplating the need to return to God, maybe we ought to consider not only who am I, but where I am as well.
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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.
Moreshet Shaul Hashem Is your Shadow – part I
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 420 – an address from 1941
