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Wednesday, Nissan 26, 5782 (11th day of the Omer)/ April 27, 2022
Today isYom HaShoa – Holocaust Memorial Day, designatedtoremember our Six Million martyrs, who were murdered for no other reason, except for the fact that they wereJewish.
Jews were always the easy scapegoats for other nation’s problems. From the Egyptian exile up to our days, anti-Semitism existed, in one form or another for the past three thousand years. Today, when it is politically incorrect to call it anti Semitism, it is called BDS, or anti Zionism, etc., but the concept is the same. No matter what the disguised official name may be, it derives from hating Jews and Israel.
But, throughout the past three thousand years, it is we, the victims, who always came out on top. Which is why we are compared to oil. For no matter how much you beat and mix it, it always floats to the top. Our strength lies in the fact that we never forget. We do not forget our past and as a result have a very distinct GPS system to guide us on our path to the future, even if the road may be bumpy.
Many of the nations who tried to annihilate us are long gone and completely forgotten. But we are still here, greater, and stronger than ever. Yes, in too many cases they were able to take our bodies, but they were never able to take our spirit. Even when they were able to rob us of our physical possessions, they were never able to take away our Torah and spiritual inheritance.
“Am Yisrael Chai” – “The nation of Israel lives on,” is our eternal slogan. The Torah is our life! The Torah and the Jew are inseparable. Thus, we are both everlasting.
We remember the six million Holocaust victims, including the one million infants and children, who were murdered over 77 years ago. We mustgive our children the proper education and exposure to our heritage. Our continuity depends on our children and grandchildren.
May we merit the coming of Moshiach when there will be no more wars and more strife. Although it may be hard to imagine such a time, G-d promised us through our prophets that that era will definitely come.
But how is it possible that Moshiach, who didn’t come during the times of the prophets and our great sages’ generations ago, will come now? Is our merit greater than theirs?
Our rabbis answer this question with the following parable: A giant was walking in a field and saw a very tall tree with beautiful tempting fruits on top of it. But the fruits were beyond his reach. Then he saw someone standing next to him. He asked him, “Would you like to eat of these beautiful tempting fruits?”
“Are you making fun of me?” Replied the person. “How do you expect me to reach the fruits, when you cannot?”
Replied the giant: “I will place you on my shoulder and together we could accomplish it!”
It is the same with Moshiach. It’s a joint effort of all generations over the past three thousand years. We, today are riding on the shoulders of giants - our ancestors. Together we will accomplish it. May it be speedily in our days.
HAVE A VERY GOOD, HAPPY, HEALTHY AND SUCCESSFUL DAY