The Jewish soldier finally had the cross marking their graves replaced with a Star of David.
“In every generation, a person must see themselves as if they personally left Egypt.”
If God is willing to conduct a dialogue with a human being and change His mind, how much more so must human beings conduct a dialogue with each other and be willing to change their minds?
Our sages sought to highlight this idea by naming the holiday in our prayers as Zman Cheiruteinu, the Season of Our Freedom.
In light of this agonizing and ongoing reality, a quote from the midrash can be a challenge to embrace, as it forces us to think and look outward at our enemies in a different light.
What we are seeing is not fairness: It is reverse discrimination, a new kind of ultra-extremism that vilifies white Britons as default oppressors, automatically privileged, and inherently racist.
Faith isn’t about finding all the answers – it’s about having shoulders wide enough, and spirits deep enough, to carry the weight of the questions.
After the forced expulsions from Spain and Portugal, Sephardi-Portuguese established communities in the Caribbean, which controled trade routes and established strategic outposts.
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