The Jew Is Precious to God

28 Iyyar 5786

43 Days of the Omer

Erev Shabbat Kodesh - Yom Yerushalayim

Parshat Bamidbar - Mevorchim 

Excerpted from Rabbi Meir Kahane's, ztz"l, Hy"d, "Dear Jew, You Are Precious to God!"...

...there is only one difference between Israel and the nations.  There is only one logical, rational reason for a person to be proud of his being a Jew: The Torah.   As our sages said (Torat Kohanim, Bechukotai, 8:11): “What remains to them that has not become vile and loathsome?   Were not all the fine gifts that were given to them taken away?   If not for the Torah that remained with them, they would be no different from the nations at all.”  This is the secret of Israel's uniqueness and exclusiveness.  Only this Torah hallows, exalts and sets Israel apart from all the nations.  All the rest, nationalism and national pride, are nothing but a meaningless farce.

Yet, since G-d chose Israel to be His holy people and to fulfill His Torah, they were granted extraordinary love and a special status, and they became the mate and partner, so to speak, of Him Whose word brought the world into being.   The Jew called up to the Torah blesses loudly and with joyous devotion, the One “Who chose us from all the nations and gave us His Torah.”  Regarding our sages' utterance (Bava Metzia 85b) that the Second Temple was destroyed because Israel “did not recite the blessing over the Torah before studying Torah,” a great rabbi once commented that they did not make sure to say “Who chose us from all the nations,” which is the content of the blessing recited before reading from the Torah.  So great is Israel's selection from among all the nations!

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With deep and unending appreciation and thankfulness to HKB"H for the gift of Holy Yerushalayim and our unlimited access to it.  Baruch Hashem!!!!!!!! 

In Honor of Jerusalem Day
"When Heaven Altered the Course of History"

~ SHABBAT SHALOM ~

and

~ CHODESH SIVAN TOV! ~