http://www.sefer-torah.com/blog/2006/08/28/extraction-and-eradication-of-post-zionism-and-elitism-key-to-restoration-of-founding-national-values/ The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:39:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 http://www.sefer-torah.com/blog/2006/08/28/extraction-and-eradication-of-post-zionism-and-elitism-key-to-restoration-of-founding-national-values/#comment-2970 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:04:19 +0000 http://www.sefer-torah.com/blog/2006/08/28/extraction-and-eradication-of-post-zionism-and-elitism-key-to-restoration-of-founding-national-values/#comment-2970 [...] In short, our Parsha emphasizes collective responsibility, kindness, caring and fairness for and with each other. Being fair, straight with, and caring for another person is kinder than the insensitivity, indifference and disunity of making up any and every excuse or non-reason under the sun for an action not done, a kindness not shown whether the action relates to Shidduchim, to employment searching and interviews, to giving Tzeddakah, etc. or merely making the effort to hold a bus driver for another few seconds while his fellow huffs and puffs as he runs to catch the bus. This relates to each Jew individually and toward his fellow Jew as well as to any “religious” political entity who purports to represent a “Gedol” or “Gedolim” and who would give even a second of thought to, let alone actually join in a coalition with an evil regime which endeavors at every turn to separate “Israelis from Jews,” to separate Israelis from their Jewish roots, their Jewish heritage, the Land of Israel. [...] […] In short, our Parsha emphasizes collective responsibility, kindness, caring and fairness for and with each other. Being fair, straight with, and caring for another person is kinder than the insensitivity, indifference and disunity of making up any and every excuse or non-reason under the sun for an action not done, a kindness not shown whether the action relates to Shidduchim, to employment searching and interviews, to giving Tzeddakah, etc. or merely making the effort to hold a bus driver for another few seconds while his fellow huffs and puffs as he runs to catch the bus. This relates to each Jew individually and toward his fellow Jew as well as to any “religious” political entity who purports to represent a “Gedol” or “Gedolim” and who would give even a second of thought to, let alone actually join in a coalition with an evil regime which endeavors at every turn to separate “Israelis from Jews,” to separate Israelis from their Jewish roots, their Jewish heritage, the Land of Israel. […]

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