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"Shabbat Shalom from Bangkok"

Good is always more powerful than bad.

This week the Jewish people welcome with joy the three Jewish hostages who returned home to Israel joining the seven others who have recently been freed.

We give thanks to the Almighty and pray for the safe return of the remaining hostages and for the security of our people in the land of Israel.

We recognize and give gratitude to the various governments and people who toiled and persevered in the redeeming and returning home of our hostages from their captivity in the hands of our enemies.

Here in Thailand, we are also celebrating the release of five Thai hostages to the safe hands of Israel, on their way home to Thailand at the earliest opportunity.

To quote the Bangkok Post

Five Thais were released along with three Israelis held by Hamas as part of a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the Gaza war.

When Hamas attacked Israel on Oct 7, 2023, 31 Thais were abducted, with 23 released by the end of that year and two confirmed dead in May.

"It is confirmed, my son did not die. Thank you, God," Wiwwaeo Sriaoun said as she heard the confirmation that her son Watchara Sriaoun was among those freed.

This week’s Parsha Bo, is the story of the Exodus from Egypt. 

Interestingly, during the plague of the firstborn, it was not just Egyptian first born who died. The Torah says that Hashem smote the first-born sons of the imported servants from other countries. While they were not the captors of the children of Israel, they were not innocent as they too had relished trampling on the Israelites during their slavery in Egypt. When Hashem punished the Egyptians, those willing participants were also included in that retribution.

Good is always more powerful than bad.

If Hashem punishes non-related people for their participation in the oppression of the Jews, certainly Hashem rewards even more powerfully those who are participatory in helping the Jewish people. 

The blessings from G-d will thus come to the many Thai workers who are working in Israel in the various sectors of their employment. As they will to the families of those who tragically lost their lives in the massacre of October 7th. 

To those hostages who have returned in the past and those who have just now been redeemed, may Hashem bless them and their families with all good things.

(The government of Israel has included the Thai workers in the various subsidies and benefits that are being provided for the victims).

As the rabbi of the Thailand Jewish community I commend, applaud and deeply thank the local government for all of their efforts on behalf of our community. 

The Royal Thai Government makes every effort to protect the facilities and buildings of the Jewish community of Thailand as well as the personal safety of every Jew who lives or visits Thailand.

As the Psalmist says in Tehillim (Psalms 127:1) ‘If Hashem does not guard the city, the watchman guards in vain, may Hashem continue to bless the Thai authorities efforts with success so that we can walk upright and proud with kipah’s and tzitzit and be unabashedly Jewish.

As I am focusing locally, on Thailand let me share with you a Torah thought that was sparked by some words of practical wisdom taught to me by a local rideshare app driver. 

The standard car seemed to require a long wait, so I hit ‘premium car’ and within a few short minutes a BMW showed up. As we were driving the tightlipped driver opened up in response to my complimenting his car and asking him if it was his. Yes, he told me. He had bought the car second hand and proceeded to give me tips on how to buy a secondhand BMW for less than the price of a new Japanese or Chinese car. 

He then told me some interesting things. ‘When I would drive a Honda Jazz for six hours a day, I would come home aching and unable to move my body. Now I can sit all day in my luxury car and return home without any side effects.’ Lest I think he was trying to advertise for BMW he went on to tell me that the Toyota Camry is also similarly well suited for driver comfort. 

While I found it interesting that different cars could have such different side effects, I don’t know enough about cars to be able to judge whether what he said is true, and quite frankly its not my field. But the next statement that he made grabbed my attention and I want to ponder it together with you.

My driver continued: ‘When you drive a standard car they tell you to look for the parking spot yourself. When you drive a luxury car, the parking attendants at the shopping mall look for a parking spot for you. When you need to use the bathroom in the mall, having a luxury car means that you can use the facilities without even buying anything. Vip parking can be opened for you even if you are not a member entitled to that service.’ 

As he summed it up, ‘people respect money’ .

I found it interesting hearing it directly from a ‘boots on the ground’ driver in this context. 

The next thing he said was even more eye-opening. ‘My friends respect me more now that I drive a luxury car. Even my son respects me more’.

Remember, he is not richer, he bought a secondhand car with nearly 100,000 km’s on the odometer, for a price cheaper than his previously standard car which he bought brand new. However, the more expensive brand paints him in the image of a ‘rich’ person and society respects him more.

We can debate this point back and forth. I present it as food for thought. 

What it prompted in me is to recall the famous statement by the late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

“Non-Jews respect Jews who respect Judaism, and they are embarrassed by Jews who are embarrassed by Judaism.”

G-d has given us the gift of being his ‘treasured nation’. 

If we treat it as such, others will treat us accordingly. 
 A group of Korean business men and women visit the Chabad House in Bangkok this week. 

Some people overlook the gift of their Jewishness. I don’t want to imagine that anyone sees it as being a burden that they have been born into, but perhaps not all see it as the most priceless gift of their lives.

Healthy Judaism is to recognize the special identity and mission that you have been blessed with.

And to treat the gift with the best possible care. To get the best out of your car you ought to use the appropriate fueling method. So it is with making the most of your life.

Hashem hardwired humans to get the most out of life, long term, by acting morally and ethically as per G-d’s instructions to humanity (seven laws of Noach). 

To us Jews we can only be at our best possible condition, physically as well as spiritually when we perform our additional Jewish mitzvahs.

Let me use physical health as an analogy. Being inactive is easier. Doing exercise requires effort.

Does anyone have any doubt that for the human body to function in good health we require some form of effort and movement?

Similarly, as Jews, Hashem has provided us with the way to live an optimal and healthy life. By living according to the Mitzvah instructions that He gives us.

When we do so we live life to its fullest.

When we see it that way, others look at us and respect us as well.

After all, we are ‘driving the most exclusive car possible’ to use that analogy. 

It’s that simple.

Embrace an additional mitzvah. Touch up and upgrade a mitzvah you may be already doing but could do it nicer and better.

Try it out. I would love to hear back from you how it goes. 

Please tell me if you feel better about yourself when you embrace your Jewish identity and observance more fully.

We pray for all the hostages to come home. For the wounded to be healed, for the soldiers to be able to come home peacefully and for the end of all wars and strife in the world.

We pray for Mashiach Now

Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Yosef Kantor

Freedom

Can you imagine going from abject slavery and poverty to total freedom and epic wealth?

For most of us it would be hard to imagine.

The three hostages who came back to Israel at the beginning of this week may be feeling that way. They were held for 471 days in captivity by their terrorist captors. We thank G-d for their return, and continue to pray for the safe release of all of our hostages now.

How long can we expect feelings of euphoria and gratitude associated with major rescue and salvation last?

I daresay that as humans we have a very short memory when it comes to appreciating good things and our subsequent appreciation and gratitude.

The Torah teaches us that it is unacceptable to be an ingrate. And sometimes forgetting where you came from and the realizations you gained from the experience can be downright dangerous.

Here is what amazes me about the 180-degree turnaround during the short time that elapsed from our harsh slavery to our exodus from Egypt.

While we were enslaved, we were at the bottom of the pit in body and in spirit. To the extent, that in this week’s parsha Vaera when Moshe came to relay the Divine message that redemption was on its way, the people were not even capable of hearing and receiving Moshe’s message.

To quote (Kehot interpolated translation): Moses related God's message via Aaron to the Israelites, but they did not listen to Moses, because of their anguish of spirit evinced by their shortness of breath, which had made them despair of being redeemed, and because of the harsh labor, which had made them skeptical of Moses' promises.

It is to be expected that when one is so demoralized, it is hard to even hear the message of freedom and redemption.

Shortly thereafter things changed drastically. The 10 plagues began rolling out against Pharaoh and his Egyptian willing cohorts. While the Jews were not yet freed, the active oppression and slavery ceased immediately.

The Jews were now free to live and relax in Egypt with no oppression.

This continued for ten months.

At the end of ten months Moshe led the Jewish people out of Egypt.

What is remarkable is that only ten months later, the Jews needed to be FOCRIBLY DRIVEN out of Egypt. They didn’t leave willingly. As if they hadn’t spent eighty some year being tortured by the Egyptians.

As the verse says (Shemot 6:1)

G-d said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: that because of  My strong hand he will send them forth, and indeed, he will forcibly drive them out of his land.”

 Why in the world would Hashem need to have Pharaoh force the Jews out of Egypt.

I am imagining that at the first moments of the plagues, when they were finally able to breathe and absorb that Moshe was delivering on the promise of redemption by G-d, they were ready to escape Egypt without hesitation.

Yet it seems that after ten months of not being enslaved by the Egyptians, the familiarity of Egyptian life was tempting. They were scared to go out and face the unknown in the desert led by Moshe.

True, they were delighted to be free. But that didn’t mean they had to ‘overreact’ and run away from Egypt. They were happy to stay in Egypt and enjoy the lifestyle that the cosmopolitan Egypt provided.  To use the common saying, they preferred to settle for the ‘one bird in the hand’ rather than venture out to try and get ‘two birds in the bush’. The known felt safer to them than the vulnerability of the unknown.

But after ten months of adaptation to their newfound comforts, they were no longer so keen on moving out of their familiar state. Even though it promised them a totally new and transformative reality.

Hashem didn’t allow them time to vacillate or pause. The nation was told in no uncertain terms by Pharaoh that they had to vacate Egypt ASAP.

The way the Torah words it (Shemot 13:17) Pharaoh SENT the Jews out of Egypt. Here the Torah alludes to the fact that it was not at all a given that the Jews were going to voluntarily leave the land they had become familiar with for 210 years.

(The parallels to contemporary history are a topic you may want to further develop yourself).

When times are excruciatingly difficult (as they our since the October 7th war has been thrust upon us and with it the opening of the floodgates of worldwide Jew hatred) we yearn, dream, pray and demand the coming of Mashiach because we want peace and safety. But we must make sure we don’t make peace with staying in our modern day ‘Egypt’ = ‘exile’.

Please G-d times will get better.

It is conceivable that even before Mashiach comes, some form of sensible pragmatic globally peaceful outcome will be arrived at. The hatred and violence, the killings and taking hostages, the war and terrorist attacks will cease. Jews will be safe and secure wherever they live. This could all technically happen even before Mashiach comes. And we pray that it happens immediately.

Yet, even barring threats and dangers, we dare not be lulled into the false sense of complacency that we are happy and content in our modern day ‘Egypt’. In the contemporary existence of ‘exile’ where G-d’s presence is concealed.

Our generation, which by and large enjoys affluence and freedoms unprecedented in Jewish history, is uniquely blessed. The Rebbe came to teach our generation-of-plenty to keep our eyes on the ball.

To focus on the endgame and not get distracted by secondary goals.

To aim for the ultimate redemption and not settle for temporary fixes.

Albeit past history should remind us that even during times of relative peace, that there are no guarantees that things will stay stable and prosperous. The Jews in Spain enjoyed a golden age but ultimately that ended in torment and expulsion. The Jewish life in Poland spanning a thousand years had some stable and good times.

Yet, even taking into account future instability, escaping danger and tragedy is not the ultimate and most authentic reason for wanting Mashiach.

Mashiach is about complete liberation and transformation of everything. To settle for anything less would be a tragic omission.

It would be as if the Jewish people would have stayed in Egypt and lived a complacent cushy and comfortable life?

If we would have stayed in Egypt as free people, we would not have become the ‘Chosen People’. The G-dly revelation at Sinai where Hashem gave us the Torah and chose us to be his special nation, to be ‘a light unto the nations’ to be holy people, all of that would not have come to be.

The quantum leap and total transformation of our nation from being a natural nation with an incredibly illustrious pedigree of our forefather and foremothers, to being a supernatural and divine nation could not have happened without the exodus from Egypt.

We needed to carry out Hashems plan for us all the way. This required the leap of faith of following G-d into the desert and totally surrendering our doubts and insecurities, replacing them with faith and trust in G-d.

We needed to stand at the foot of the mountain in the desert of Sinai and say ‘We will do’ whatever You say to Almighty G-d.

Similarly, taught the Rebbe, we need to realize that Mashiach’s coming in our time will be totally transformative.

It will transform the jungle of this world to a ‘garden of G-d.

The concealment of G-d in this world will be transformed to a revelation of G-d.

Which means that while now during ‘exile’ times, there are many decoys in this world that point away from G-d, at the time of the redemption all of the aspects and details of the world will all point towards G-d.

Wanting Mashiach even during times of peace and plenty is the most authentic Messianic aspiration. It means that one clearly grasps that Mashiachs coming will be a total gamechanger.

The media, social media, traditional media and any other form of media will be announcing MASHIACH IS HERE!

May it be now. And may we keep our eyes on the END GOAL of MASHIACH.

Shabbat Shalom

Rabbi Yosef Kantor

PS one of the blessings of technology are things like ‘google photos’ that push pictures from the past into your screen. Please G-d you have had happy times over the years. Often you have pictures of those occasions. Having them show up in your phone or computer gives you a chance to be grateful once more to Hashem who provided them and to the loved ones who participated. I have never seen anyone get upset if you write them a note of gratitude. Even if it’s for something that happened years ago.

THANK YOU HASHEM.

Speeding through

By the Grace of G-d

Dear Friend,

Life moves at dazzling speeds these days.

Headlines update every few minutes. 

What happened yesterday is already old news.

What happened more than fifty years ago is history for anyone under sixty.

When Covid hit in 2019 there was no one who remembered the Spanish Flu of 1918 ninety-nine years earlier. 

The arguments about masking were had in 1918 and once again they resurfaced in 2019. 

The lessons that we learn from experiencing things tend to lose their potency once that generation who experienced it is gone.

Yes, one can learn from records and reports about the past, but real learning only comes through experience.

The Parsha this week of Shemot, speaks about the degeneration of the children of Israel from being royal guests in Egypt to become abject slaves. 

In the year 2238 from creation Yaakov and his family entered Egypt with great dignity. They entered Egypt as personal guests of Pharaoh and his viceroy Yosef, privileged and well taken care of. 

Ninety-four years later in 2332, Levi the last living son of Yaakov passed away.

A new king arose in Egypt who didn’t remember Yosef. Slowly the process of enslavement developed. Egypt owed their very existence to Yosef the son of Israel. They would have been decimated by the regional drought. Yet, their appreciation lasted only ninety-four years. As long as there was someone influential alive from that generation. 

Imagine if a world leader from the Spanish flu period would have been alive when Covid hit. The message that he would have been able to transmit would be much more impactful than the scientists who quoted news reports and scientific papers.

Things haven’t changed. We are prone to forgetting things unless we make a point of remembering them.

It is not enough to pay lip service in remembering something. It needs to be embedded and internalized through action and experience.

Our Exodus from Egypt is something that Hashem instructs us to remember. Going through the rigorous and demanding rituals of keeping a bread-free Passover, eating matzah and conducting a Seder all bring home to us the powerful message of remembrance of the Exodus from Egypt.

Moreover, we remember the going out of Egypt every day and every night. The full version of the daily and nightly Shema Yisrael prayer includes the third chapter with verses about the Exodus from Egypt.

Wearing Tefillin is primarily to remind us about G-d’s supremacy and full control of every aspect of creation. He demonstrated this to us by taking us out of Egypt with the wondrous and comprehensive ten plagues, splitting of the sea and raining down mana. They indicate His Unity and demonstrate that He has the power and dominion over those above and below, to do with them as He wishes.

All of these mitzvahs (and others) serve the purpose of making sure we keep our appreciation of Hashem’s miracles to us uppermost in our minds and focus.

Talking about history, to me it feels like the twenty-year anniversary of the Tsunami came and went without much attention. 

Upwards of two hundred and thirty thousand people lost their lives during those fatal minutes when the waves came roaring into the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean. 

Looking back at my notes I quote the following.

When the tsunami hit the Indian ocean, we had an amazing phenomenon. All charities reported huge, unprecedented donations to their relief funds. I know because I also managed the Chabad Tsunami Relief Fund that helped fund humanitarian projects of many thousands of dollars. People were incredulous about the amounts of money that was given to the Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, Save the Children and all the other groups that sprung up. 

There was a skepticism that some people voiced. I was asked, “Rabbi, don’t you think that it’s a very strange thing that for the million people that die of malaria in Africa every year there is barely any public support? For the fact that neonatal deaths in Africa total more than live births in western Europe doesn’t cause people to dig into their pockets? Why do you think they are being so responsive for the tsunami?” 

And sarcasm started to set in. Maybe it’s because the posh resorts were wrecked. Maybe it’s because all the major news networks made such a big deal out of it. 

After a few days of hearing this kind of talk, I realized that the world had a totally warped way of thinking. The question should not be why DID people respond to help for the tsunami. The question should be why they DON’T help for the other world problems. 

The world reacted in a way that a healthy and moral world should react. That’s the norm. The insensitivity to the other world problems and the death and hopelessness that exists in so many places, both near to home and far from home, this is the sad product of our human failing.

I have just been reading this incredible book On Purpose by Mendel Kalmenson. In it he culls practical wisdom from the life and teachings of the Rebbe on how to live a life of purpose.  The author uses the analogy of a computer to understand how critical a sense of purpose is for humans. A computer is a combination of inert plastic, metal, glass and silicon. When turned on and powered up, it becomes a functioning tool with incredible potential. Similarly, when a human find purpose and meaning in life, all of the otherwise disparate parts and potentials merge and join and allow us to make the unique mark that Hashem entrusts us to make on His world.

Talking about computers, I just bumped into someone who shared a story with me illustrating how Hashem works through technology as He does through every other aspect of creation. 

A divorced Jewish woman who wanted to remarry got fed up with the Jewish dating site she has subscribed to. Noone that they suggested seemed remotely appropriate to her. She was done and wanted to discontinue her membership. She filled out the form in which she terminated her paid subscription to the site.

When the recurring charge showed up on her credit card the next month she was quite upset. She logged into the site to protest. There was a message waiting for her. From a Jewish man looking to meet her. 

To make a long story short, the happy husband is the one who shared the story with me. His eyes full of light and love confirmed what he said that they have now been happily married for over a decade.

What happened with the discontinuation of the membership?

The dating site’s technical team explained why she was still charged. She had closed her computer before the termination form went through. Her subscription had thus remained active.

Hashem who runs every aspect of our lives, operates through man made machines with exactness and in every detail. Just as He does through the powerful forces of raw nature. The celestial forces of winds, rain and earthly forces of earthquakes and volcanoes.

We pray to Hashem for favorable winds (not to further whip up the fires in California), for calm platonic plates so that we are spared earthquakes.

And mostly we need to pray to Hashem to be guided to make the right moral decisions as Humans and as Jews. The complexities that we face in our options can often be confusing.

The Torah embeds the values and lessons for life. In every generation there are leaders who help us study and apply the eternal lessons of the Torah to contemporary times.

The Torah teaches us the inherent value in asking the elders, parents and grandparents about the meaning of life. We need the lessons learned from the past to know how to properly address the present.

Let us commit to studying the word of Hashem in Torah. Listening to the words of our contemporary leaders and teachers to show how those words translate and are relevant to our current times.

The Torah is all about creating peace in the world.

May we be blessed with Shalom, the ultimate and permanent Shalom of Mashiach’s coming NOW.

Shabbat Shalom,

Rabbi Yosef Kantor

What really matters?

By the Grace of G-d

Dear Friend,

My wife is from Los Angeles. Her parents and many members of her family live there. Thank G-d they are all safe and well. Naturally, we have been following with trepidation that unfolding of events during the past few days.

The fires raging in the Los Angeles area have wreaked devastation that is being described as apocalyptic. Thousands of homes have been burned down leaving charred remnants.

Only G-d knows why this devastation is unfolding. It is not for me or you to try and explain the ways of G-d.

The Baal Shem Tov thus teaches that we must try to learn and grow from every single thing that we hear about or see.

Since everything that happens in the world is orchestrated by Hashem we cannot just ignore it as being irrelevant to our lives.

One of my close friends in Los Angeles shared how his family put together emergency bags in case they would have to run from the fires. As they were packing it dawned on them that this was a powerful moment of clarity about what is important in life. When all one can take with them is what they can carry in their hand what does one take. What things really matter?

In a Synagogue it would be the Torah scrolls that one would carry to safety.

For a Jewish family it would be the tallit and tefillin for daily prayers. The original Ketuba marriage document.

Passports, birth certificates and other original personal documents. Jewelry and precious items that can be hand carried.

This is a very sobering thought.

It ought to teach us vital lessons on what is important in life.

Too often we spend inordinate amounts of time and energy pursuing things that are not significant in the bigger picture of life.

If we peel away the outer layers of excess and indulgence and just focus on the core items, we may be much better off.

That is not to say that we need to live life with one suitcase. The Talmud teaches that nice furnishings expand the experience of life.

It does mean that we shouldn’t make ourselves sick with stress in the achievement of these non-vital accoutrements.

A visitor of the Maggid of Mezeritch was surprised by the very Spartan way the tzaddik lived. “Where are your possessions?” he asked.

The Maggid responded, “Where are yours?”

“I am just a visitor here. I’m just passing through,” answered the visitor.

“So am I. This world is transient—I am just a visitor, just passing through.”

The Maggid understood that this world is not “home”; we are just sojourners on the road to the World of Truth. So if an activity or possession is not helping you serve G‑d, then it’s really not necessary. For at the end of the day, all we will take with us into the next world are our mitzvahs.

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Here is a story from Midrash.

A Torah scholar was once traveling by ship together with many merchants, each transporting his wares. To while away the time, they took turns describing their goods and boasting of their business acumen. Finally they turned to the scholar, who had been busying himself with his studies.

“Where is your merchandise,” they asked mockingly. “We don’t see that you have anything with you.”

“Oh,” replied the scholar looking up from the scroll he was examining, “My product is far greater than yours.”

The men looked around in surprise, but saw no packages on board belonging to him. Convinced he was bluffing, they scoffed at him and his invisible business.

Suddenly, their banter was disturbed by a shout. Pirates had attacked and the men scrambled in all directions, each struggling in vain to protect his precious cargo. But to no avail. The ruthless bandits carefully scoured the ship for anything of value. Only once they had taken everything aboard the ship did they allow the frightened passengers to disembark.

Upon dry land, the sorry, bedraggled group made their way to the closest city. They had nothing at all with them, not even a loaf of bread or a change of clothes.

The Torah scholar went directly to the study hall, where he immediately struck up a conversation with the learned Jews gathered there. The locals soon realized he was an accomplished scholar, and they offered him a respectable position. Within days, his needs were cared for and his newfound flock respectfully accompanied him whenever he went out.

Word reached the woebegone merchants of the kind stroke of fortune that had befallen their erstwhile travel companion.

At their behest, he spoke to the local authorities and vouched for their genuine need.

He then chided them gently, reminding them of their conversation aboard the ship. “Isn’t this what I told you? My business is greater than yours, for it endures forever.”

This, says the Midrash, is the meaning of King Solomon’s words: “For I give you a good portion, do not abandon my Torah.”

Torah and Mitzvahs, they are the things we take with us.

Rabbi Yehoshua Gordon shared the following story on Chabad.org.

A beautiful story is told about a great rabbi who lived many hundreds of years ago in a Muslim-majority country. He was a man of great wealth and substantial influence. Over time, he was even appointed advisor to the caliph, with whom he enjoyed a very close relationship.

The caliph, however, had other advisors who were antisemitic. They harbored a strong hatred for the rabbi and constantly sought ways to undermine him. At every opportunity, the other advisors spoke ill of him to the caliph, calling him a dishonest crook and accusing him of hiding money.

Finally, the caliph summoned the rabbi and asked him point-blank how much he was worth. “25,000 gold dinars,” responded the rabbi. Knowing full well that the advisor’s net worth was closer to two hundred and fifty thousand gold dinars, the caliph was understandably upset. “The accusations are true,” he thought, and he had the rabbi imprisoned.

Several weeks later, still troubled by the whole incident, the caliph visited the rabbi in the dungeons. “You’re a good man,” the caliph began, speaking softly and earnestly. “I know you’re an honest man, and I cannot understand why you lied and told me you’re only worth 25,000 gold dinars. We both know that you have at least ten times that amount.”

“Your Highness,” responded the rabbi. “You didn’t ask me how much money I have; you asked me how much I’m worth. I am only worth the amount that I have given away to charity. Everything else could be taken away from me at any moment.”

The only thing of real value that we can accumulate in our lives is what we give away and do for others.

Our mitzvahs—including the mitzvah of charity—are all we truly possess. So let’s create massive piles of them!

Our prayers and good wishes to those fleeing and suffering loss from the Californian fires.

And of course our eyes and hearts are with our brothers and sisters in Israel.

May Hashem bless Am Yisrael with peace, the safe return of our hostages, the secure homecoming of our soldiers and those who have been displaced and the healing of the wounded.

May the entire world finally be blessed with the coming of Mashiach and the utopian peaceful state when ‘the wolf will lie with the lamb’, AMEN.

Shabbat Shalom

Rabbi Yosef Kantor

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