Dreaming of Moshiach

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Holy War Against Pride Parade

Comments via email:

1. We see in this week's parsha Hashem says, "Separate yourselves from Korach." Chazal say that if they didn't make an action of separation, they would have been considred as if they were part of it and would have been killed too. We need to post every Fax and Email of every Israeli official and hound them to stop this abomination. Even if we are not effective at least we would have separated ourselves from them.

2. We need to be an Am K'shei Oref. They can bring it back to court by public outrage or to force them to do it in a building. Just Don't Give Up!

3. In the most recent post, you are wishing individuals harm and I don't think that speaks well for anyone. We want them to do Tshuva and not give in to their tendencies and try to influence others through this abominable behavior. Certainly we need to daven and beseech the Almighty that the parade not take place in Yerushalayim, but wishing death is not proper for Yidden. Hashem should have mercy on all of us that this parade be rescinded and never happen.

3. In your most recent post, it finishes by saying, "May all homosexuals die painfully and miserably from horrible diseases- AMEN!"

I understand that their is Din (judgment) that must be rendered to the world, and that the impurities that exist must be removed. That is the reality we must be truthful about and the reality we want!.

However, the Egyptians represented the deepest levels of tumah and yet when the angels wanted to sing at their destruction, Hashem prevented them because He wouldn't let them when his creatures (the Egyptians) were dying. That's an amazing thing!! The love of Hashem is boundless! Hashem even wanted teshuva from Pharoah & the Egyptians.

So when I see the above statement at the end of the post, I wonder if it would be better to say, "May all homsexuals do immediate teshuva, and if not, may the tumah be removed from the earth- AMEN!"

I say that may be better, because I wonder if leaving the final statement as it is will strike a bad note with someone who is seriously pondering teshuva (even from homosexuality). Not because they don't agree that impurity should be removed, but because they feel we should hope for the best for each Jew. In some cases, maybe death is the best thing (G-d forbid it has to be that way), but the Alter Rebbe, zs'kl, writes in the Tanya that we only hate the negativity within the person, not the person themself (besides heretics).

Our approach should be chesed, because even Din is from Chesed. Don't get me wrong, sometimes we have to be like Pinchas, zs'kl, and get out the spear! Although we should be zealous for Hashem, I think sometimes that zealousness includes being careful how we present certain messages & ideas at times. The truth is that the impurities will cease, and thats what we want. But as far as our expression is concerned in this case, if someone had a child or sybling, etc. who was earnestly struggling with homosexuality, would we be as quick to say (or should we say), "May all homosexuals die painfully and miserably from horrible diseases- AMEN!" or fight to make them see their error before the worst happens?

We pray for Geulah B'Rachamim and for Hashem to forgive our daily sins without the worst having to happen. We don't pray that Hashem should make us suffer with the other kind of Geulah. So should we limit that prayer to ourselves and not those who need it the most? Is their a slight contradiction there? I don't have the end-all answer. I won't get into a Chassidus vs. Mussar thing, because they are both right and holy. And I also know some souls respond to Gevurah more. But, from personal experience I've seen that Gevurah doesn't strike a chord as well as chesed.

But, I could be wrong about everything I'm saying! I just wanted to share my perspective.

4. B"H

THERE WAS A TIME OF PEACE, A TIME OF PROSPERITY....
G. OD APPEASED, CHOSE A KING FOR HIS PEOPLE, A CITY TO ESTABLISH HIS DWELLING PLACE.
IT WAS NOT A DREAM, NOR A TALE.

CHILDREN AND ELDERS, MEN AND WOMEN MERCHANTS AND SCHOLARS, COHANIM, LEVYIM AND ALL ISRAEL WERE GIVEN THE PROMISED LAND OF ISRAEL AND THE RIGHT TO SETTLE THERE.

AFTER YEARS AND YEARS OF BONDAGE AND SUFFERING IN EGYPT, AFTER WANDERING FOR FORTY YEARS IN THE DESERT, AFTER BATTELING AGAINST THEIR SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL ENEMIES, THEY, AT LAST COULD INHABIT THE LAND OF ISRAEL.

JERUSALEM, CITY OF SPLENDOR, WAS A REALITY!
REALITY, HEAVENLY GRANTED BY THE G. OD OF ISRAEL WHO INDEED, RESIDED AMONG HIS PEOPLE.
SO I WAS TOLD, SO I LEARNED, SO I BELIEVE,
AND FOR SOME INTUITIVE AND MYSTICAL REASONS
I BELIEVE I WAS THERE, AS I BELIEVE WE WERE ALL THERE, ONLY BECAUSE WHEN WE RECEIVED THE TORAH, WE CHOSE TO SAY: " NAASSE VE NISHMAH ".

TODAY, I AM STILL IN CHOUTZ LA ARETZ. IT IS MY SUFFERING,
BUT I OFFER IT WITH JOY TO MY G. OD, AS AN OFFERING, AN ATONEMENT FOR THE TIME I DIDN'T WANT TO LONG FOR MY LAND, FOR A TIME I THOUGHT THE LAND WAS NOT APPEALING, AND DID SAY (FORGIVE ME MY KING) THAT I WOULD CHOOSE " WHAT'S GOOD FOR MY LIFE ".

SO...

SHOULD I FORGET JERUSALEM (c’v)? SHOULD I MAKE MYSELF AT HOME IN A COUNTRY THAT OFFERS ME THE BEST IN MATTER OF MATERIALITY?
REALLY, SHOULD I NOT MAKE THE BEST OF IT?

I ALREADY LEFT MY FAMILY IN ONE PLACE, MY FRIENDS IN FEW OTHERS WHERE I LIVED... WHY SHOULD I BOTHER NOW, WITH THINKING DAY AND NIGHT RELOCATING AGAIN, IN A DIFFICULT COUNTRY THAT RUNS ITS LIFE THROUGH WAR, INSECURITY, UNEMPLOYEMENT.

WHY MAKING MY LIFE DIFFICULT IN THINKING THAT I MUST
KEEP BUSY, TRYING TO PRESERVE THE SANCTITY OF JERUSALEM?
WHY SPENDING MY FREE TIME WRITING TO ALL OF YOU HOW PRECIOUS IS OUR LAND, HOW HOLY JERUSALEM IS, AND HOW RESPONSIBLE WE ARE OF ITS FATE? YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T WAIT FOR ME TO RING YOUR BELL!!!

DARN!... I OFTEN SAY TO MYSELF, I HAVE A FAMILY TO TAKE CARE OF... THIS SUMMER I DREAM OF LOSING WEIGHT, GO TO THE SWIMMING POOL, DECLUTTER THE HOUSE, AND WRITE A FICTION!
WHY SHOULD I STICK BY MY COMPUTOR FOR SOMETHING
I CAN'T CHANGE BY MYSELF AND FROM HERE?
DOES THAT RESPONSIBILITY, WEIGHT ON MY SHOULDERS ALONE? DO I THINK I AM SO KIND OF SUPERWOMAN?

ALL THOSE POINTS COULD HAVE BEEN RELEVANT, BUT THE TRUTH IS... I MISS THE STREETS OF JERUSALEM, THE SPECIAL SMELL OF THE CITY, THE SWEETNESS OF THE AIR, THE CHILDREN RUNNING AND SCREAMING, THEIR SONGS AND THE SOUND OF ALEF - BEIT COMING FROM YESHIVOT, THE PIOUS WHISPERING OF TALMID HAHAM WHEREVER THEY ARE TO BE FOUND.
I MISS THE RESOUNDING HOU-HA OF THE KOTEL OF SHABBAT AND YOM TOVIM DAYS, AND I CERTAINLY MISS TALKING THERE TO MY FATHER IN HEAVEN.

THERE, I FEEL SPIRITUALY ALLIGNED, PSYCHOLOGICLY CENTERED, EMMOTIONNALY AT HOME, WITH NO MORE DESIRE TO FLEE ANYWHERE ELSE TO TRY TO FIND BETTER, MORE VALUABLE, MORE INSPIRING...
THERE, I AM " PERSONA GRATA ", GREETED, AWAITED WHEREVER I GO, WHENEVER I WANT, WHOEVER I MEET.

BECAUSE THERE IS G.OD, WITH HIS EYES TURNED TO HIS HOLY CITY FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END OF THE YEAR.
THERE, IS A REALITY BEHOND PERCEPTION, SOMETIMES REVEALED IN OPEN MIRACLES.
THIS IS FOR ME THE PROMISE OF A BIGGER REALITY THAT I AM AWITING EVERY DAY, AND I BELIEVE WILL COME, SOON IF NOT NOW.

I CANNOT, B'H, FORGET JERUSALEM.
I CANNOT FORGET THAT IN ORDER TO DESERVE TO WALK THE STREET OF MY PROMISED LAND, I MUST LONG FOR IT.

MY ONLY SOLUTION IS AT LEAST TO PRAY,
SOMETIMES READING TEHILIM,
SOMETIMES WITH MY OWN WORDS,
MORNING OR NIGHT,
CRYING OR SINGING TO THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERS. SOMETIMES TO SHOW SOME REMORSE FOR NOT DOING MORE, SOMETIMES TO SHOW SOME GRATITUDE,
TO BE ABLE TO DO SO.

YES PEOPLE, MY PEOPLE, MY FELLOW JEWS, THERE IS A TIME TO CRY, AND A TIME TO REJOICE.
PLEASE LONG WITH WORDS OF LOVE,
FOR A PROUD, AND A HOLY CITY!
DO WHATEVER YOU CAN,
SO WE COULD DANCE SOON IN THE STREET OF JERUSALEM.

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