Faith

Joan Rivers told the story on how she was banned from the tonight show until she was invited back by Jimmy Fallon and how too many consequences occurred during her return that couldn’t have happened without some divine assistance. This same hand can be seen with Israel’s redemption.  A hand that can be seen if we only look deeper then the skin.

Never before has a people returned back from a land that they were kicked out and turned it from a  barren dessert to truly a land of milk and honey. We can’t ignore the hard work of the Israel people and generosity of the American people in achieving this goal but we also can’t ignore G-D’s continual assistance in seeing it truly work. Here are just a few examples (below) of Divine assistance with the state of Israel in our times.

(1) Never before has one nation had so many hostile nations against her from her initial rebirth and not only survive but strive.

(2) Israel has become an economic powerhouse while most of her neighbors with similar resources live in constant poverty.

(3) The recent missile attacks on Israel which would have been devastating to this land in the past have had a smaller impact then anyone ever could have expected not only because of the technology that suddenly became available but also because many of the missiles missed their expected mark. see  https://pro-labs.imdb.com/name/nm2568774/

(4) We can also site other specific miracles that occurred  during the recent hostilities with Hamas (see http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/08/05/the-two-miracles-of-nature-some-israelis-say-protected-them-during-the-gaza-fighting/ )

(4) This desert has not only become fruitful to the Israel people but the world as a whole as many of the technical devices we enjoy today come from Israel discoveries in computer chips that extend these devices to medical technology that extends life.

There is a movement to pull people away from traditional faith observance when instead we need a spiritual awakening that pulls us in. Faith is the one ingredient that if righteous can truly inspire people to be the best they can be not just for themselves but to do those around them because they are judged by a higher authority.  Going to traditional services not only helps your soul but those around you as prayers to G-D truly do get answered and even the ones that appear to be unanswered have a way to hit you when you least expect it.  It’s also a place where people of little faith can build on that as they find true friends who understand and respect an individuals path to the truth.  Finally the movement toward traditional observance keeps the mind away from temptations that aren’t only bad for the heart and mind but the soul that binds it all together.

I believe it’s important to leave a bite from every dish that you eat. It’s not because I’m not hungry for that extra bit but because I realize that every bit comes from G-D above including the ability to eat it. It’s important to me that I not forget that at the beginning of each meal and the end thereof. Therefore I ask you not to be offended if you make a dish for me and I don’t join the clean plate club.

I wear a hat on most occasions and it’s not because I have something growing on my head (I think) but it’s because of my faith in G-D.  In the Bible/Torah there is a section called the Shema which is extremely holy to the Jewish faith.  The first paragraph reads.

Last night while I was looking through Facebook post I thought I saw a post on rebuilding the Holy Temple but when I looked later I couldn’t find it. There are four explanation that I could think of; first it was deleted, second I’m seeing things (pink elephants etc), third I’m too lazy to look further or fourth it was a sign. I’m going with the fourth for this blog.

The Holy Temple in Jerusalem was a place put together with donations from many nations and where the world came together to pray to G-D.  This Temple permitted many to bring sacrifices for forgiveness or offer sacrifices to  thank G-D for all the bounty that they have received.  In today’s world where we see such division would the building of such a temple unite us or would jealousy of who controls it destroy it before it was even built? Would walls of separation come down between people’s or would new walls come up? Maybe it’s worth considering taking those first baby steps and see where it leads us to. If G-D wants it soon his helping hand will see that it is built if not then G-D will know at least we tried. What do you believe and why?

In the Torah/Bible it talks about annihilating the enemy but the enemy can be found not only around us but within us.  Today those enemies around us are those only bent on the destruction of the innocent to get what they want. Groups like “Hamas” and “Al Quaida” which use their own population as human shields and target the innocent are such  organizations and like the Nazi’s must be completely wiped off the map  for us to have peace around us.

Yet if we want true peace we must annihilate the enemy within and this is much more difficult. It is a battle that for most goes on for a lifetime. Evil impulses push us to hurt loved ones and strangers when we should be showing compassion and love. Those impulses can also cause us unnecessary pain in our life as we go down a path of doubt, jealousy, and perversion.  Our challenge is to take those evil impulses and some how turn them to good instead of evil.  We can either start a fire to burn down a house or create light and heat for our family. G-D gives us these impulses and power but he also gives us the directions where to go with them if only we truly listen. It’s up to us to annihilate the enemy within so we can truly have peace with ourselves and G-D.

    Life takes us on many journey’s and along the way there are stops that can lead us to complacency or down a different path toward the dark side. It’s important that we forgo those stops, eliminate the evil in our way and continue to move forward. For if we stop or G-D forbid go down the wrong path our journey might end way to soon and the greatness we could have achieved will be stopped like a period in a sentence.

    We can be inspired by the long journey that G-D lead the Jews until they reached the promised land.  There were many temptations along the path and some choose them instead and therefore missed the glory of seeing the holy land. Today the Israelite’s continue their journey for true peace in the future and as such must eliminate those forces along the path that seek their destruction. May G-D continue to provide shelter and strength for those Israelite’s and all good people’s who try to follow in the path of truth and justice.

Hash-m commanded the Israelite s to totally eliminate the Amelekites because they would be a thorn that would continually threaten the Jewish people and the innocent of the world. The Israelite’s didn’t fulfill the mission and today elements of Amalekites can still be seen. One of the key ways to determine if someone is such a despicable individual is to see that they target the innocent from behind.

Today Amalekite has shown it’s ugly face as demonstrated by the shooting down of a passenger plane without any regrets over the Ukraine, the indiscriminate firing of rockets to civilians in Tel Aviv, the killing of three innocent Yeshiva boys in Israel, and the imprisonment, torture and molestation of 3 young woman by Ariel Castro.  Showing sympathy for such individuals is like showing sympathy for a Cancer Cell. These elements must be completed eliminated with precision so their destruction doesn’t hurt the body as  a whole yet there existence must be no more. Hash-m commands no less and although it might appear painful because these individuals know how to hide among the innocent, we must believe the task is valiant and done for the good of all of us.