Parashat Zachor:
Confronting hatred
It is intriguing that the Torah, usually so concise and sparing with its words, enjoins us both to remember Amalek and not to forget Amalek. But surely the one implies the other!
It is intriguing that the Torah, usually so concise and sparing with its words, enjoins us both to remember Amalek and not to forget Amalek. But surely the one implies the other!
We must take stock of what has happened to us and why it happened. But asking “Who is to blame” will neither help nor change our current situation.
We can define baseless hatred halakhically.. But how can we overcome it?
Israel's first Chief Rabbi: We must counter baseless hatred, sinat chinam, with baseless love, ahavat chinam.
Issues that promote Israel’s interests should be supported even if – perhaps, especially if – the coalition supports them. Op-ed.
Few, if any, countries face the truly daunting array of challenges that Israel does. There is no time for on the job training. Op-ed.
'Haridim have no representation in Exceptions Committee, their requests are subject to acceptance or rejection just like everyone else.'
Treating the root cause, not the symptoms.The Chief Rabbi’s D’var Torah for Asarah b’Tevet and Parshat Vayigash.
Baseless hatred, is a reflection of the Sin of the Spies as was the refusal of Jews to come to Israel in the early days of Zionism.