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Выпуск: The Yeshiva.net — hiva.net — Devorim 5783. Темы: не определены автоматически. 7/19/23, 6:41 PM TheYeshiva.net The Danger of Passivity Three Levels of Moral Degeneration: Passivity, Destruction, Isolation Rabbi YY Jacobson 1 Av 5770 Willpower A woman is leaving her multimillion-dollar mansion in Beverly Hills when a poor man approaches her and cries, "Oh ma'am, I haven't eaten in three days." To which the woman responds: "I am so envious of you; I wish had your willpower." Three Prophets An intriguing Midrash states[1] that three of the great Jewish personalities communicated their prophecies using an identical Hebrew term, eicha, which means "how" or "alas." The first one to utter this word was Moses. So did Moses see Israel in their honor, and in their negligence, and he said, "How will I carry their burden alone?" Isaiah saw them in their recklessness, and he said "How she has become a prostitute..." Jeremiah saw them in their degenerateness, and he said, "How does she dwell..." Three Linked Messages https://www.theyeshiva.net/jewish/899/print-view 1/3 7/19/23, 6:41 PM TheYeshiva.net It is logical to assume that the Midrash is not making a random observation of three people using the same term. Contemporary Jewish Silence This painful truth was demonstrated once again in most recent times, during the destruction of our brothers and sisters in Jerusalem and in the entire land of Israel, following the signing of the Oslo accords in 1996 and the Gaza withdrawal in 2005. [6] This is further underscored by the custom in some Jewish communities to read on this Shabbos the verse of Moses' stating "eicha," in the same sad melody in which we read Jeremiah's book of Eicha (Lamentations) on the 9th of Av, when we commemorate the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple on that day. A moving tale[10]: Rabbi Yisroel Meir Kagen, the saintly Chafatz Chaim (1838-1933), once dispatched a delegation of Jewish representatives to the Polish prime minister in an attempt to nullify a new decree against Jewish ritual slaughtering (shechitah). When multitudes of people of moral stature do not feel an urgent responsibility to combat the flames of hate and evil burning in their society, a city once full of justice becomes, instead, a haven for murderers; a city of light turns into darkness. The same is true concerning every crisis—physical or spiritual—that faces

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