ANTISEMITISM
March 26, 2024
We can’t change how the Gentile Nations think about us. We can however change how we behave towards them and how we conduct our business affairs with them. It is in there DNA to persecute the Jewish people as our Sages have warned: עשו שונה ליעקב The gentiles are enemies of the Jewish People. So it has been and so it will continue to be, till Hashem redeems us from this exile and restores His honor in Yerusalyim. But until then, we must be ever vigilant of the dangers that loom around us.
There may however be a positive aspect, as to why Hashem created such a strained relationship with them. That’s to keep us separate from them. Not to chummy up to them, like we are their buddy buddies. The risk is great that they will have a negative influence on us and we will learn their values and adopt their habits.
It is the normal tendency for people to stay away from crowds that upset and hurt them. Their hate will force us to stay away and keep our distance, which is exactly Hashem’s will .
“DON’T MIX WITH THEM”.
The Torah identifies us as a עם לבדד ישכון ובגוים לא יתחשב
A nation that lives alone and gives no consideration to the Gentile Nations. Truthfully speaking, that is Hashem’s wish for us, to stay seperated.
What is the Jewish Nations DNA? To behave like the Chosen People. Not to give the Gentile reason to strike out against us. We were chosen from amongst the nation’s to be a light onto the nations. To live and teach by example, spreading the Torah’s influence all over the world.
So may it be in our day.
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