Rosh HaYeshiva, Machon Meir
From the dawn of Jewish history until our own times, the various enemies of Israel have been fighting against us. These enemies of Israel are enemies of G-d. The Torah says, “Arise, O L-rd, and scatter Your enemies! Let Your foes flee before You!” (Bamidbar 10:35), and Rashi comments, “These are those who hate Israel, for whoever hates Israel, hates ‘Him Whose word brought the world into existence.” The wars of Israel are wars fought by the children of darkness against the children of light, by those who wish to bring darkness to the world by extinguishing the light of the universe, the Jewish People. The Jewish People have illuminated the world with divine light down through the generations, by means of their noble souls and the divine Torah stored in them. That Torah is revealed generally through the way they lead their lives, specifically in Eretz Yisrael and Jerusalem, the heart of the universe.
Today, the war against us is no coincidence. Moreover, it is not being waged merely over national interests involving lands, economic interests, etc. Rather, it is a war of the Arabs and the nations of the world “against the L-rd and against His anointed one” (Tehilim 2:2), who are being revealed in the guise of the Jewish People rising up to rebirth in their land. Our enemies will never truly make peace with us until we utterly defeat them.
Only after Avraham defeated Chedorlaomer and the kings with him, did they arrive at “Emek Shaveh [Level Valley], now King’s Valley” (Bereisheet 14:17). Rashi comments, “It was the valley where all the nations unanimously agreed [hushvu] in appointing Abraham as prince and leader over them” (Beresheet Rabbah 43). Only because Abraham had defeated them did they honor him and appoint him king and supreme commander. Moreover, they recognized that the G-d of Israel is the G-d of the universe and that G-d’s kingdom has sovereignty overall. In the future as well, only through a resounding defeat of our enemies will we see with our own eyes how “they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, in which your fathers have dwelt. They shall dwell there, they, their children,... and their children’s children forever. My servant Dovid shall be their prince forever. Moreover, I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant with them.... I will magnify Myself and sanctify Myself. I will make Myself known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the L-rd” (Yechezkeil 37:25; 38:23).
Looking forward to salvation.
With Love of Israel,
Shabbat Shalom,
Chodesh Tov.
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