I once heard a teacher say, So, you call yourself Jewish?
Well, how do you call yourself Jewish if you do not know our history?
By the way, it is one of the 613 commandments.
To know our history will amaze you, and you will know that there is an Almighty.
The time of Chanukkah was right before the rise of Christianity and the rule of Edom/Rome/Christianity. I often ask people where was the third capital of Rome located. How can someone understand the influence of Rome today if you do not know the history of Rome and the Jewish people?
Devarim 32:7
Remember the days of old; reflect upon the years of [other] generations. Ask your father, and he will tell you; your elders, and they will inform you.
The Torah quotes Balaam as saying, הֶן־עָם לְבָדָד יִשְׁכֹּן וּבַגּוֹיִם לֹא יִתְחַשָּׁב׃ ” It (Israel) is a nation that dwells in solitude and is not to be reckoned among the nations. ” Israel is a nation alone that does not intermingle with other nations.
Why is it necessary that we be a nation alone and why have we, throughout our history, always been the outsider and the foreigner?
The role of Klal Israel
the Jewish perspective regarding other nations/ religions is unique. We do not believe that other nations who do not follow our religion have no purpose in the general scheme of creation. Most of the religions believe that those who do not share their beliefs are denied salvation and may be considered infidels whose lives have little or no value, souls that are doomed or, at best, souls that can never achieve eternity. We do not share this attitude. We believe that all of mankind, Jews and non-Jews, were created b’tzelem Elokim- in the image of God- and deserve respect. We are forbidden to steal from non-Jews, to cheat him, or to mislead him in any way, even if our action cause him no loss or harm. Chazal teach us that non-Jews could have a share in the Olam Haba if they adhere to the 7 Noahide laws. However, we also believe that Klal Yisrael is the Am HaNivchar-the Chosen People- and, as such, we must understand the unique role of Klal Yisrael.
We were chosen to have a special relationship with Hashem and to serve him in a very specific and unique manner. However, this does not preclude the significance of non-Jews. There is an interrelationship between Jews and non-Jews. The purpose of Klal Yisrael is not merely self-centered on his own avodat Hashem, either as individuals or as a nation. We have a responsibility to other nations as well. The Navi says: in Isaiah 49 verse 6, וּנְתַתִּיךָ לְאוֹר גּוֹיִם לִהְיוֹת יְשׁוּעָתִי עַד־קְצֵה הָאָרֶץ׃ – “I will make you a light for the nations, so that my salvation may extend to the ends of the earth.”
This is the meaning of the verse “וְאַתֶּם תִּהְיוּ־לִי מַמְלֶכֶת כֹּהֲנִים וְגוֹי קָדוֹשׁ ” – “You will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” The relationship between Jews and other nations is comparable to the relationship between the Kohanim (Priests) and other Jews. Kohanim Were given task that are different from those of other Jews and Kohanim were sanctified because their role in the service of Hashem is unique.
This website is dedicated to that role. To work in harmony Jew and non-Jew together to make this world in the image of Hashem.
Like the perfect bride, the land of Israel is my love, and Israel is what the eye of every Jew longs for, especially, if she has went away from their sight. As one who has been taken away from her. How, our mind seeshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH6XbOspqqk her, so beautiful, so fare, and untouchable for those separated from her because of history’s past.
Our father’s sinned and we, their children, were cast to the nation, with no choice of our own, like a name that was given without any thought. We have been separated from her, our land and we have grown like a stranger with no memory of her and no way to prove our inheritance to her. We look and see our face in her and all our characteristic give away our Father and the place of our birth, but they say, “you do not belong to her”.
Tell a child who hears his mother’s voice or sees his father’s hands and the way of his heart, that you are not their child. Tell them that they do not hear the words from the Ancient One, spoken from the smallest of mountains as He promised we would, Deu 29:14 “And not with you alone I am making this covenant and this oath, Deu 29:15 but with him who stands here with us today before יהוה our Elohim, as well as with him who is not here with us today.
Deu 29:16 “For you know how we dwelt in the land of Mitsrayim and how we passed through the nations which you passed through”.
We have passed through the lands that are not ours and when we hear the sound of our mother’s voice and see her awaiting her children from afar, we cry with her and long for her touch. I hear and I know that the day will be soon, that I will be with her and my brethren in the land of promise, for Hashem is faithful to His children for a thousand generations and He can not lie, for He is not a man that He would lie.
A woman of valor has he made our heritage and she can not forget her children for they are engraved on the palm of her hand. For my ear have you digged and thy will Hashem do I seek with all my heart, for my soul longs for you and with complete faith will I wait for His coming, for with complete faith do I believe in the coming of Messiah and all His beauty that He will shine upon His people Israel, the woman of valor have I found. Adon Gabriel ben Abraham.
