MY SAY: IT’S BEEN A LONG, HARD 5,772 YEARS…BUT WE’RE STILL HERE
Tomorrow night is the beginning of the New Jewish Year. It is really a miracle worth pondering. 5,772 years of problems, bickering, lapses in faith and judgment, Islamic hatred, Inquisition, ghettos, oppressions, pogroms and the Holocaust when one of every three Jews was killed.
But, look at what happened to others …..Mesopotamian? Gone. Holy Roman Empire? Gone. Hellenists? Gone. Ottoman Empire? Gone. Nazis? Gone. The Soviet Evil Empire? Gone. The Philistines? Well they’re still around even in the United States congress and the media and the European Union.
And we, the Jewish people are still here, and Israel is a modern miracle and answer to the centuries of prayers. Perfect? No. But unlike its barbarian neighbors and despite its bashers, Israel lives and thrives and is defended by the finest and most patriotic Israel Defense Forces…..bless them. We American Jews live in the sunniest corner of the world….bless the good old USA.
That magic chain that started in Hebron is still unbroken despite some weakened links but we still here.
As we used to say in The Bronx, the only borough preceded by the word “the” for good reason….I wish you all my friends and e-pals ” a happy and a healthy”….year that brings health, joy and success to all good people. L’Chaim!
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