The Tamar Yonah Show – The World Still Hates the Jews

0:00Straight Talk from Israel. You're listening to Israel News Talk Radio. We're going to be talking about this because we are starting now what I call, and maybe it's improper, but I call it the "dreaded three weeks." The "dreaded three weeks." These are the three weeks that lead up to the holiday of Tisha B'Av, another holiday which I dread and many Jews do. It is the saddest day on the calendar for the Jewish people, when many tragedies struck the Jewish people.

1:00We're going to be talking about this because we are starting now what I call, and maybe it's improper, but I call it the dreaded three weeks. These are the three weeks that lead up to the observance of Tisha B'Av, another day which I dread and many Jews do as well. It is the saddest day on the calendar for the Jewish people when many tragedies struck our nation. It's believed that during these three weeks, and especially the nine days leading up to Tisha B'Av, which means the ninth of the Hebrew month of Av, bad things happen to the Jewish people. It's not a good time to go traveling. We don't have parties. We don't listen to music. We don't buy new clothes. We don't wear new clothes. This is a time that's very, very difficult. So we're going to be talking with a rabbi on the show today about that. And we're also going to be exploring in one of the oldest cities of the world, Hebron. Why has the world rejected the Jewish connection to the city, which was the first piece of property that the Jewish people, through Avraham Avinu, owned? It's in the Bible. How can they ignore that?

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3:58We are back here at the Tamar Yonah Show on Israel News Talk Radio. And the question of the day is, why does the world still harbor animosity towards us? We witness resolution after resolution from the United Nations, seeing the nations of the world who recognize the progress and prosperity Israel has achieved, how we've transformed a desert into fertile land. Yet, they observe the Arab nations around us in turmoil, plagued with corruption and violence. and yet the United Nations are still against Israel. Do they hate us that much? And now again, we enter into a period of mourning. We're going to be talking about this in the shiur, as well as what I want to talk about now, Chevron, the holy city of Chevron. Chevron is one of the four holy cities of Israel, and it's the first owned property by the Jewish people when our father Avraham bought a burial site for his wife, our mother, Sarah. He didn’t buy the burial site for Hagar, his Egyptian wife. He bought it for his wife, Sarah, the mother of the Jewish people. bought a burial site for his wife, our mother, Sarah. He didn't buy the burial site for Hagar, his Egyptian wife. He bought it for his wife, Sarah, the mother of the Jewish people. And yet the United Nations

5:07of the world through UNESCO have banded together to deny historical and biblical fact and have said that there is no Jewish connection to this holy city and that it belongs to the Muslims, to the Palestinians, when there is no Palestinian state. So how can it belong to something that doesn't exist? So here to tell us more about this, we have as our guest, David Wilder. Now, David Wilder is the creator, of Eretz.org. It's a website that provides information about cities, communities, and places in Israel through text, photos, videos, and other multimedia presentations. After representing the Jewish community of Hebron for over two decades. David Wilder is now dedicating himself to furthering and advancing knowledge and information about Judea and Samaria and the entire land of Israel. So I want to welcome to the show David Wilder. Shalom.

6:15Hi, great to talk to you. It's very, very good to have you on. So David, you are a resident of Hebron as well. You've been living there for so long. You know the city like the back of your hand. You know of the Jewish history. Where is this coming from, this UNESCO vote? Look, this last Shabbat, we read the weekly Torah portion about a magician who tried to curse us. And he couldn't. Every time he tried to curse us, he wound up blessing us. And this was, of course, just before we left the desert and came into the land of Israel. And it seems that the reason why should they have cared then? We're going back now 3,500 years. Why did they want to curse us then? I mean, nothing has changed. What happened with UNESCO last Friday was the same thing. And I think that the answer is very simple. They have a lot of problems with our values, our value system, our spirituality, our desire to make the world a better place for everybody, not just for ourselves, but for everybody. They had problems with it back in the days of Moshe, and they still have problems with that today. And we see that reflected in all of the resolutions in the United Nations against the state of Israel. And, of course, the farce of saying that Chevron, or the Tomb of the Patriarchs, Ma'arat HaMachpelah, is a Palestinian heritage site, and then they tacked onto that in danger. This is an ongoing struggle rooted in a misunderstanding and conflict of values between our ancient traditions and the world's interpretations.

7:28They had problems with it back in the days of Moshe, and they still have problems with that today. And we see that reflected in all of the resolutions in the United Nations against the State of Israel. And, of course, the farce of saying that Chevron, or the Tomb of the Patriarchs, Me'arat HaMachpela, is a Palestinian heritage site, and then they tacked onto that "in danger." In other words, because we're here, it's in danger. And let's keep in mind that a month ago, the Arab part of Hebron elected a new municipal council, and the mayor, the newly elected mayor of Hebron, is a guy named Al-Taysir Abu-Snena, who, back 37 years ago, participated in killing six Jews and wounding 20 others on a Friday night outside here where I live in Beit Hadassah. And now, after his murderous past, he's the mayor of the city. This is all part of a farce, you know, just one step after another. And we've seen this happen for years. participated in killing six Jews and wounding 20 others on a Friday night outside here, where I live in Beit Hadassah. And now, after his murderous past, he's the mayor of the city. This is all part of a farce, you know, just one step after another. And we've seen this happen for years. We saw it happening when the Jews were expelled from Spain. We saw it with the Inquisition. We saw it with the Shoah. And today, we're seeing that being reflected through the United Nations, which is far from being united. It's a whole bunch of nations. It's not united. And they have problems with the fact that we exist. They don't like the fact that we exist. They don't like the fact that we're able to bring the world to higher stages, whether it be spiritually or through high tech or through whatever.

8:50the expulsion from Spain. We saw it with the Inquisition. We saw it with the Shoah. And today we're seeing that being reflected through the United Nations, which is far from being united. It's a whole bunch of nations. It's not united. And they have problems with the fact that we exist. They don't like the fact that we exist. They don't like the fact that we're able to bring the world to higher stages, whether it be spiritually or through high-tech or through whatever. They still don't accept us. Rabbi David, if you can, try to stay near your modem or by the window to get better reception; you're cutting in and out. Let's discuss how Avraham Avinu bought land in the city of Chevron in the Torah, paying money and getting the deed to the land. The situation there reflects our ongoing challenges. David, I need you, if you can, to stay near either your modem or your window where you can get better reception because you're kind of in and out with us here. I want to ask you this, and maybe you can share this information with our listeners. We read about the city of Hebron in the Bible where our forefather Avraham purchased land and actually paid money. He received the deed to this land. And the Arabs... didn't even exist at that time. Islam didn't exist at that time. Certainly, no Palestinians existed at that time. And yet the world just totally puts on blinders and doesn't look at any of this. When did the history of the Arabs that are living there today start in Hebron? Well, actually, not too long ago. Hebron has always had various peoples conquer and occupy this area. The Arabs started here as a distinct presence not too long after the actual beginning of Islam. They arrived around the 630s after the passing of the Prophet Muhammad. It's important to understand these historical contexts when discussing the region's history.

10:18Hebron has always had different people that have conquered and occupied this area. The Arabs started here as such not too long after the actual beginning of Islam. They came over in the 600s after the death of Muhammad. They came over here in the 630s. And that's when they decided to try to take the Tomb of the Patriarchs, the building on top of the caves of Machpelah themselves. That building had been built by Herod the Great 600 years before Muhammad was born. But the Arabs came over here and they decided they wanted it to be a mosque, which they turned it into a mosque. It remained that way until the Crusades. The Crusaders turned it into a church, and then after the Crusaders were expelled, they came back and they turned it into a mosque again. the Caves of Machpelah themselves, that building had been built by Herod the Great 600 years before Muhammad was born. But the Arabs came over here and decided they wanted it to be a mosque, which they turned it into. It remained that way until the Crusades. The Crusaders turned it into a church. And then after the Crusaders were expelled, the Arabs came back and turned it into a mosque again. And then they said, as they say today, that it belongs only to them, and we have no rights to be there. Following the UNESCO resolution, the Arab leaders here have said only Muslims can pray there, and we're going to do our best to achieve that. And that's what they said also back in the mid-1200s when they closed the building off to anybody who was not Muslim. For the next 700 years, Jews couldn't pray there. They couldn't go inside. And this is their goal again.

11:44But you're 100% correct. I've mentioned to many, many, many journalists over the years the fact that the building built by Herod was constructed 600 years before Muhammad was born. But that seems to fit into the category of "Don't let the facts disturb what I want to think. Right. Don't let the facts confuse you." Don't let the facts disturb what I want to think. Right. Don't let the facts confuse you. Exactly. Well, we only have another two and a half minutes. I want you to give us our reaction. How should we react to this blatant disregard of history and these blatant falsehoods? We have to stand up for what belongs to us. And standing up means that you are able to live normally in a place like Chevron, where we haven't been able to build. For the past eight years, the prime minister looked over his shoulder to see what was happening at the White House, as was done during the Bush administration. Today, we have to be able to build. There are buildings in Chevron that have been purchased that we still cannot live in. We have to be able to grow. We have to be able to expand. If we really think that this is our city,

12:58which it is, and we have to live that way. Our government doesn't need to stand by and be afraid of all of these nations in the United Nations that are going to hate us and vote against us regardless. They should just let us continue to live the way we should be. take all the restrictions off of the Jewish community here. Let the buildings that we own be moved into and utilized, and let us continue to build, to buy, and to live normally like any people. If we don't stand up for what belongs to us, then we can't expect anybody else in the world to say, "Well, I guess it's theirs." If we act according to the way they believe, then we're just playing into their hands. Right. Well, you know what? Our leaders need to really digest that because still our leaders themselves are preventing us from praying on the Temple Mount, from expanding natural growth in Judea and Samaria. They seem to be still afraid of what the world is going to say. And we need more Jews who are bold and unafraid and know the truth, just like you, David Wilder, you and other Jewish people living there. You know, it's just an atrocity if the Arabs go in in the 1920s.

14:13and they massacre the Jews and then throw them out with the British government, with the collusion of the British government, taking over our homes and our land and our property, and then they say that it's theirs. It's just amazing. Yeah, well, this is the story of Eretz Yisrael. And this is what we have to work towards, we have to make progress. And, you know, the natural population, you're right, they're not letting us build homes. But the natural population is getting bigger, and I see that through my children and my grandchildren, and all the other grandchildren of all the people that live here. They haven't figured out how to stop that yet, and that's going to continue. We're going to continue to live in the ground, and eventually, we're going to build in the ground. That's right. David Wilder, thank you so much for coming on the show today. Stay strong and keep moving forward. Shalom. to all of your listeners, and to you too. Bye-bye. Thank you. All right, when we get back, we're going to be speaking about some more challenging days ahead of us. The Three Weeks, as they are known, are starting. We're going to be speaking with a rabbi, and you can call in with any comments or questions you have about this significant time period in Jewish history and on the calendar. We'll be right back. Don't go anywhere.

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16:46our Holy Temple. And each year, each generation that does not merit to have the Holy Temple, it means that we still haven't done a tikkun; we haven't done a fixing, we haven't repaired the things that we need to repair. So we're going to be speaking now with a Rabbi who's going to be talking about the start of this three-week period that goes into the saddest day of the year on the Jewish calendar, which is Tisha B'Av. ...the breach of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple. It falls on the 17th day of the Hebrew month of Tammuz and marks the beginning of the three-week mourning period leading up to Tisha B'Av. This is, as mentioned, the saddest day of the year on the Jewish calendar, when both Holy Temples were destroyed and other significant tragedies occurred in history on this day. the breach of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple. It falls on the 17th day of the Hebrew month of Tammuz and marks the beginning of the three-week mourning period leading up to Tisha B'Av, which is, as I said, the saddest day of the year on the Jewish calendar when both Holy Temples were destroyed and other huge tragedies took place as well in history on this day.

18:01The day also traditionally commemorates the destruction of the two tablets of the Ten Commandments and other historical calamities that befell the Jewish people on the same date. So, here to tell us more about this subject, we have joining us Rabbi Yaron Reuven. He was born in Netanya, Israel, and he today resides in the United States as he dedicates his life to spreading the truth and divinity of the Torah through scientific proofs and many other methods to reach each individual listener of his lectures and videos. He gives free lectures nationwide, and you can visit his website at Be'ezratHashem.org. So I want to welcome to the show Rabbi Yaron Reuven. Shalom. It's nice to be here. It's good to have you on. So, we are now seeing the start of the Three Weeks. Perhaps you can provide a little more detail to our listeners about these Three Weeks we are observing and the fast day that we're going to be having on Tuesday. Sure. Tomorrow, we're going to have a fast day. In essence, there are several major events that occurred during this time, both on the 17th of Tammuz and, of course, on Tisha B'Av that's coming up.

19:17On the 17th of Tammuz, as you mentioned, it was the breaching of the walls of Yerushalayim. But it was also a time when they placed an idol in the Beit HaMikdash. It was also a time when Moshe Rabbeinu broke the first set of the Ten Commandments. And it was also the burning of a Sefer Torah by Apostomus. In general, there's an extraordinary amount of horror that has happened in Jewish history during this time. only to be surpassed and even more so in just the next few weeks, on Tisha B'Av, where we've lost both of the Temples and many, many other major tragedies throughout history have befallen the Jewish people. So the question, I guess, that most people are asking is, what is a fast really going to do for this? Like, okay, it's already destroyed. The Temple is already destroyed. The situation is dire as far as, you know, our where we are and where we used to be as far as holiness is concerned. So how is a fast going to really improve the situation? Now, in the book of Daniel, chapter 10, verse 12, the Masechet Ta'anit, the Gemara in Masechet Ta'anit mentions that Daniel talks to his best friend. And who was his best friend? The angel Gavriel. And the angel Gavriel comes to Daniel and he says, don't be afraid, Daniel, from the first day that you set your heart

20:41To understand and fast before your God, your petitions were accepted. So here, the prophet Daniel is actually explaining to us, through the angel, what's the significance of the fast. This is as soon as you actually decided to fast, the prayers that you had were answered. So now, the first thing we understand is that fasting helps our prayers. But then, if we go to the prophet Yoel... And it actually says here that Hashem is telling us: don't focus on rending your clothes without also rending your hearts. Don't just focus on ripping your clothes and fasting, and not eating. The whole purpose is for you to rend your hearts, for your purpose is to actually do teshuva. So, do we have a contradiction or not? The Gemara explains that there really isn't a contradiction in essence. What Daniel is telling us is that, first and foremost, when you're fasting, it's a time for you to get close to Hashem. But the prophet Yoel is explaining to us even further that it's not just about the exterior. It's not just about the clothes you wear. It's not just about the prayers you say. It's not just about whether you eat or you don't eat. Do you really think that Hashem cares whether you eat or not? The whole key is for you to lower the amount of material intake.

22:01in order for you to get closer to the spirituality that you need to reach, in order for you to get closer to Hashem, in order for you to do teshuva. And that's, in essence, the purpose of all fasts. The key is to eventually reach Tisha B'Av on a spiritual level where you truly mourn the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash, because if we only knew how great it was, We really would be mourning 24 hours a day every day of the year, right? You know, I always say how the Arabs bemoan and cry about their Nakba, but, you know, the Jewish people have the biggest Nakba, the biggest catastrophe, and that is that we don't have... ...our holy Temple, and we don't even realize how horrible it is because we who are alive today don't understand. We have never experienced what it was like to have it. If we knew, if we understood even a small bit, we would be falling on our faces in despair and longing. Fasting and trying to do this tikkun. And yet today, Rabbi, in 1967, we liberated the Temple Mount. Hashem gave it to us in our hands and said, "Here, take it. It's yours." And what did we do? We just turned our back on Hashem and handed the keys over to the Waqf and told them they could still have it. This is a horrible slap in the face.

23:24Yes, I mean, that's the main thing that we repeat every year during Tisha B'Av, is the book of Eicha, the book of Lamentations. And in the third chapter of the introduction of Yirmiyahu, it tells us that he knows suffering. Why does he know suffering? He knows suffering because he's seen it. He saw the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash. He saw the horror. He saw the blood. He saw the tears. He saw his nation, his people. getting destroyed, annihilated, but why? Why do they see it? Why does it all happen? Because we went against our people, we went against our God, and we went against each other even. Now, the prophet Jeremiah also says in Chapter 4, Verse 22, where Hashem actually tells them, "For my people are stupid. They have not recognized me. They are foolish children, and they are not discerning. They are wise at doing evil, but know not how to do good." So here Hashem is rebuking us through the prophet Yirmiyahu. He's calling his own people, his own children. At the same time, He's calling us children, which obviously means we have a special relationship with Hashem more so than any other nation. While He's calling us children, He's calling us foolish. Why is He calling us foolish? He says, listen, I gave you the Beit HaMikdash. The Beit HaMikdash was an opportunity for you to see My miracles in all.

24:45In the open, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, without an end. I just want to jump in here and say that the Beit HaMikdash, which is the holy temple, was a place of divine presence and open miracles. If you can just translate your terms in English after you say the Hebrew, okay? Sure. So at the same time, he's telling us you could see open miracles 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to such an extent that even the goyim, which are the non-Jews, would actually benefit from it. This is the reason why during Sukkot, the festival of booths, there was a unique connection and influence extending to all the nations. Instead of just focusing on the sacrifices, the involvement of 70 offerings underscored the universal harmony and peace that radiated from the Beit HaMikdash. This was a holiday where we brought so many different korbanot, sacrifices. In essence, this was for each one of the 70 nations. It actually says that if the other nations knew the benefit that the Beit HaMikdash had for them, they would have had their own armies to protect it. So even more so for the Jews. Instead of protecting the holiness, the sanctity of the Beit HaMikdash... Hashem is telling us, "What did you do? You did foolish things. You did the exact opposite of what I asked you. Instead of sanctifying it, you desecrated it. Instead of getting closer to Me, you got further from Me. Instead of using the money that I gave you for good, you used it to go against Me. And that's exactly what's happening again and again, time after time." And this 17th of Tammuz is a reminder for us once again that we're still not there yet. We're still not fully doing teshuvah, and it's time for us to do it.

26:10It's time for us to pray to the One and Only God in Shamayim, our Father in heaven, to ask Him, please, please help us get closer to You. And during this holiday, there are a couple of small things everyone could do to at least start teshuvah. Of course, we could all do more. Of course, we could all keep all of the mitzvot. But let's just start with two small things as my recommendations. Two things that every Jew needs to do are, number one, to be grateful to Hashem for the food that He gives you and for the body that He gives you. For the body operating, anyone that has ever spent any time being sick would know how valuable the body is. I spent seven years fighting for my life, so I know a little bit about the body. So one thing I would suggest is for each Jew to at least pray to Hashem every time you leave the bathroom and thank Him, with the blessing known as Asher Yatzar, for actually having a working body. And the second thing is, after you finish eating, thank Hashem for giving you the food. It's called Birkat Hamazon, the blessing for the nourishment. So these are just two small, very, very tiny things that we can do. So let's repeat that. Be grateful for your blessings, and what else? Be grateful for the body that you have that's functioning properly. It's a blessing called Asher Yatzar.

27:28And the second blessing is to be grateful for the food that Hashem has given you, which is called Birkat Hamazon. These are two small blessings that every single Jew can do to at least start. Begin observing this practice on the 17th of Tammuz. From that day forward, make it a daily habit. At the very least, show Hashem that you are grateful. Right. Okay, let's hold it right there. Rabbi, do you want to stay on the air with us while we go to a break? Okay, and we will take calls as well. So stay with us. If you have any questions for the Rabbi, we'll take your calls. We are going to be back right after the break. Don't go anywhere. Hi, I'm Rabbi David Aaron. The soul basics are the most profound, the most essential, and yet often the most neglected in our education. Join me for Soul Talk on Israel News Talk Radio and discover the secrets to love, spiritual growth, and personal power.

29:04All right, we're back here at the Tamar Yonah Show on Israel News Talk Radio, and we're talking about the Three Weeks. I call them the dreaded Three Weeks. It's not a good time for the Jewish people. This is a time when we are mourning, fasting, and remembering that we have still not fixed what we need to fix in our lives, in our relationships as a nation, as a people, and in observing God's laws and Torah. As a nation, as a people, and in observing God's laws and God's Torah, we have joining us Rabbi Yaron Reuven. He is an Israeli Rabbi who is living in the United States, and he dedicates his life to spreading the truth about the divinity of the Torah. He lectures everywhere, all over the United States and Israel when he comes here. and uh you can visit him at his website at b'ezrat Hashem.org. We will link to that on our page when this show is podcasted. So, welcome back to the show, Rabbi. Okay, so we have a caller, and I'm going to get our caller on. We have joining us, Chris from the occupied territories of Chicago. Hi, Chris. What's your question for the Rabbi?

30:08Hi, Tamar. Yes, Rabbi, my question is, in a previous segment on the show earlier, Tamar was talking about the world's hatred for the Jews, and I'm a Gentile, and I've noticed that too. It's very mysterious to me, and I'm wondering, you were speaking of the Beit HaMikdash, and when a new Beit HaMikdash is built, Do you think it will have a positive or a negative effect on those feelings towards the Jews in Israel? I'm just curious to hear you address that. Well, Chris, before you hang up, I just want you to explain why you think it might have a negative effect, really briefly. No, I'm asking, do you think it would be a positive or a negative? I mean, I think the negative would probably be some jealousy. Because nobody else in the world can have that Holy Temple. I mean, the Koreans could build one, but it would be meaningless. So I could see some positives, and I can see some negatives. I was just wondering what the Rabbi thinks. Let's say that's an actual thing now. How is that going to affect world opinion about Jews in Israel? All right, Chris, thank you so much for your question. And again, everybody, the lines are open. If you have a question, you can call in. Rabbi, how would you answer Chris?

31:29Sure. Well, I mean, it's a two-part question. The first part is in regards to the hatred of Jews, and the second part is in regards to what's going to happen when a temple is here. So, as far as quickly addressing the hatred of Jews, this is actually instilled by Hashem. As much as people would like to blame something else for it, Hashem actually instilled it into the non-Jewish world to hate the Jews. And there's an actual halakha, a law that states Esav hates Yaakov. And that doesn't necessarily mean that all of the Gentiles hate the Jews. It just means that specific types of Gentiles hate the Jews, whereas the righteous Noahides are not considered part of Esav. They're considered lovers of Hashem, and they're called the righteous amongst the nations, or in Hebrew, chasidei umot ha'olam. So, as far as the reason why Hashem instilled hatred on the Jews from the Gentiles, it is in order to keep us separated. Because obviously, as we see in the world, there's a lot of assimilation between the Jews and the non-Jews, which is against Hashem’s will. And this is despite the fact that many of them hate us. If there wasn't hatred from the Gentiles towards the Jews, then there would most likely not be any Jews left. So that hatred is unfortunately a necessary phenomenon that has occurred throughout history.

32:46As far as what's going to happen once the Temple is here, that is all going to change because one of the main things that Hashem is going to do when the Mashiach comes, and when He brings the Mashiach, is that He's going to remove the evil inclination from our own hearts. He's going to remove the evil from the world itself, ultimately. Not right away, but ultimately. And once the Temple is built, there will no longer be any reason for anyone to hate the Jews because the Jews will be the leaders, the Jews will be the ones running the world. There wouldn't be governments, the world as we know it would not be the same. So, the option of jealousy or hatred of the Jews would no longer be an option simply because everyone will want to be part of it. And that's actually why Hashem says to the prophets that when Mashiach comes Each one of the people from the 70 nations is going to cry out to the Jews, saying, "Now that we know that our fathers have lied to us and that your God is the true God, please let us cling to your tzitzit, to your fringes on your four corners. Let us hold onto them and let you be our rabbis, you be our teachers. We'll serve you, we'll do whatever we need, just teach us because we know that our forefathers have lied to us."

34:07And your God is the only God. And that's why each Jew that wears tzitzit, the fringes with the four corners, will have literally 2,800 Gentiles as his students, as people who are trying to do everything and anything they can to cling to him, simply because they know he's the one that possesses the truth. Simply because they know he's the one that possesses the truth. Can you give the source? I've heard that as well. I know that some people rely on that, some people not so much, but what is the source for that? As far as what? As far as the 2,800 people. It's in Yechezkel (Ezekiel), and also there's something discussed in Zechariah as well. Right. Okay. So there are a couple of different places in Tanach where it talks about the end of times. The two prophets, Yechezkel (Ezekiel) and Zechariah, specifically mention these things and what is going to happen in the end of times. And this is specifically the words of Hashem. It's not commentary; these are specific pesukim (verses), and there's a lot of discussion about it.

35:11Okay, let's, uh, we don't have that much time left, only about five minutes or less. I want to talk about the tikkun. Right now, we are going to be fasting tomorrow. It is commemorating when the Romans surrounded Jerusalem and breached the walls. It was a tragic time for the Jewish people. It was a Holocaust, basically. People were killed and slaughtered; people were starving. It even talks about women eating their babies because they were starving so much. It was a horrible time. ...Unending despair for our people. In this time of bloodshed and genocide, the Romans took over the land of Israel, expelling and exiling us. They ransacked the Temple, tragically burning it to the ground. It was a terrible period reminiscent of a Holocaust. What is it that we can do to rectify and mend the past? What can we do to fix it? You had said that the Jews need to maybe take on two more mitzvot, two more commandments. You suggested that they say the blessing of Asher Yatzar, which is the prayer after going to the bathroom to thank God that our bodily functions are working, and also that we should be thankful for the food that we have by saying Birkas Hamazon, the blessings after eating.

36:13blessings after we eat, that we should be more concentrated on doing these things. What about for the non-Jews, people who are Noahides, people who love God and want to also see redemption? They also want mankind to live in an era of peace and see the redemption. Well, to clarify, I don't want anyone to misunderstand in thinking that just because they say the blessings after using the bathroom, or the blessings after they eat, that they're fine or done. They still have to keep Shabbat 100%. They still have to keep kosher. They still have to keep family purity, taharat mishpacha. They have to keep all of the laws in the Torah that are applicable to them. Those two blessings are just simple additions to at least get yourself started if you're not keeping anything, or even if you're keeping but you don't have 100% full kavanah (intention) when you're doing these things. All Jews are obligated to keep everything. Now, as far as the non-Jews, they obviously have to keep the seven Noahide laws and all common-sense laws. By common sense, it means, for example, one of the seven Noahide laws is "do not murder." You don't need the Torah to tell you "do not murder," but common sense will tell you that you have to honor your parents, which is not one of the Noahide laws. In general, the main thing that people need to understand is that the Prophet Yeshayahu (Isaiah) says to us in the beginning of the book of Yeshayahu.

37:30It says, you know, he calls the Jews a sinful nation. It's a very, very heavy rebuke. It starts in chapter 1, verse 4, and continues until verse 9. A very, very heavy, heavy duty rebuke. If he was a lecturer today, they might throw him out of the synagogue. Okay? But then, in verse 18, just a few verses later, he says something very simple. He says, "Come, let us reason together," says Hashem. Meaning, Hashem is telling us, if your sins are like scarlet, they'll become... White as snow. It always is possible to do teshuva. All we have to do, first and foremost, is stop sinning. Stop sinning. Simple as it gets. If you're driving on Shabbat, stop driving on Shabbat. If you're not eating kosher, stop eating non-kosher. The first thing to do is stop sinning. After that, you can start accumulating mitzvot. So that's really the tikkun olam. That's the real tikkun olam. That's the real way to fix the world. Stop sinning.

38:30and then start doing positive things. And I think if everyone starts taking on something that they'll stop doing, that's wrong, it's against Hashem, and something else that's positive, that already shows Hashem that we're trying. And once a father sees that his son is trying, he's gonna push him and give him that extra push to do the rest. But at least we gotta show Him we're serious. That's both for the Jews and for the non-Jews. The fast by itself is not enough. We need to show him who's serious beyond the fast, beyond that one day. Right. The fast is only to get us into the mood and to understand the tremendous loss. Rabbi, I want to thank you so much for coming on the show and sharing your thoughts with us. I know that the listeners really enjoyed hearing from you. And people can go to your website at bezratHashem.org. We will link to that on our website where this show is podcasted. Thank you, Rabbi. And may we next year be celebrating... on the 17th of Tammuz and not fasting, and also on Tisha B'Av as well. It should be a happy occasion for all of the world. Amen, amen. All right. Thank you.

39:35All right, and I want to wish all of you an easy fast so you can concentrate on what you need to concentrate on, what we need to concentrate on as well. And remember, I think that it all comes down to fearing God in a good way, in a positive way, to say, you know what? My Creator loves me. He gave me these rules. He gave me a guidebook to live by. Why am I not adhering to it as much as I can? And if we are more afraid of God, if we have the fear of God, than we are of governments or of being popular over losing our power or our job or whatever else it is in this world that we're afraid of, and we are more afraid of God, we'll do the right thing. We will do the right thing, and we will merit to see the redemption where all of mankind can live in peace and goodness because we do listen to our Creator instead of listening to our desires. and if we are more afraid of God, if we have the fear of God, than we are of governments or of being popular, or losing our power, or our job, or whatever else it is in this world that we're afraid of, and we are more afraid of God, we'll do the right thing. We will do the right thing, and we will merit to see the redemption where all of mankind can live in peace and goodness because we do listen to our Creator instead of listening to our desires. and our appetites and what we want, even if we have to walk over other people. That's not what we're supposed to do. Thank you, everybody.

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