Shabbat Shalom

B"H

The weather cooled down a bit but it is still going to be a warm Shabbat (25 degrees Celsius, something 80 Fahrenheit).

The Shabbat countdown has begun. People run to the markets and I am rushing back to Jerusalem this afternoon. Usually my Shabbat activities depend on my mood and this week, I feel like something quiet and spiritual. No big meals ( as I am on a diet anyway) and not being around too many people. Just something small and a Synagogue.

Israeli newspapers are always full of bad news and blood. However, this morning when I opened it up, a good news showed up right as a headline. Many Israeli soldiers are being sworn in at the square in front of the Kotel (Western Wall). This also happened last night with a unit called "Shimshon" but the event was different: As soon as a commander of the Kfir unit began to speak, the new Shimshon soldiers held up a sign that they did not join the army in order to pull settlers out of their houses but fight the enemy (called Palestinians, Iran, etc).

It looks like, despite all the secularity in our country, some people finally wake up. Not religiously but rather realize the importance of having a Jewish state and that we have to fight for it in order to protect our existence. Not only G - d alone is supposed to help us but we have to do the first step towards him and show action.

The Kfir commander said afterwards that obviously the soldiers did not know what they were doing and that the whole action was a desecration of the holy site.

This is wrong because the soldiers were a "Kiddush HaShem" and the only people desecrating G - d (Chillul HaShem) are those like the commander, our governement and others who want to be so terribly liberal and stupid. Those people will only realize what damage they have done when the Hamas is knocking on their door and in order to throw them into the sea.

It is unbelievable how Jews can be so ignorant and secular but there always is a certain point in life when many of them finally rebel. Rebel in order to protect their Jewish identity. This is what has kept us alive for all those thousands of years. An ability and strive no one can destroy. All the others left behind on the way seem to be the Erev Rav who are not included in the Jewish nation anyway.

I am proud that some soldiers and their parents finally made a positive point towards the Jewish nation.

"Shabbat Shalom - Gut Schabbes" to all of you !