Might As Well Do It
Why do they hate us so? Many reasons have been given, but after all the discussions, it boils down to the fact that we are G-d's People and they just have a hard time with that. Own it friend!
What does it mean to be G-d's People?
Hashem gave us the Torah (please celebrate this anniversary with us) and in it are the instructions how to be G-d's People.
Some of these instructions are about religious things, like Shabbat, Kosher and blowing the Shofar on Rosh Hashanah. But the real stuff is in this week's Torah portion.
The portion is called Kedoshim. G-d asks us to be holy like He is holy. Being holy is about the small things. Things like; how we eat, how we talk and how we treat each other.
In all of our most mundane activities, the actions that are done by all of humankind, we have the opportunity to uncover the G-dliness that is in it and to connect to Hashem and become holy through them.
We can help those that wish to hate us, but we can at least own it. Let's live as proud Jews in all that we do.
Good Shabbos!
With all my love,
Rabbi Eliyahu Schusterman
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