B"H

Tonight is Parshat Zachor.

We remember Amalek. Not as ancient history. Not as a fairy tale enemy from the desert. But as a spiritual reality. Amalek attacked the Jewish people when we were vulnerable, newly freed, not threatening anyone. It was hatred without cause.

That energy still exists. Not every criticism is Amalek. Jews are accountable like everyone else. But there is a form of hatred that isn’t about policy, land, politics, or logic. It’s deeper than that. It looks for reasons after the fact. It contradicts itself. It unites extremes. It burns without needing evidence.

We remember Amalek so we’re not naive. So we don’t gaslight ourselves. So when we see irrational hatred, we name it and stay sane.

And we also remember that Amalek does not win the story. Zachor leads to Purim. To v’nahafoch hu. To light and joy and reversal.

Remember. Stay strong. Stay clear. Good Shabbos.

#ParshatZachor #Shabbat #Amalek #JewishIdentity #Purim

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B"H

The Messiah hasn’t come yet. We’re still waiting for Mashiach. And please God, may it be now.

But here’s what we do while we wait.

Every week, when Shabbos ends, we light the Havdalah candle and say words from Megillat Esther: Layehudim hayta ora v’simcha v’sasson vikar. The Jews had light, joy, gladness, and preciousness. That’s not just history. That’s a weekly program.

Ora — Torah. Stay connected to light.

Simcha — real joy, not distraction.

Vikar — preciousness. Remember life is sacred.

When Shabbos ends and the world feels ordinary again, we light a flame and say: this is who we are going into the week.

Until Mashiach comes, this is how we live.

Gut Purim.

#Mashiach #Shabbat #Havdalah #Purim #Torah

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B"H

I have a book recommendation for Jew haters. It’s called the Book of Esther.

In it you’ll meet Haman, who tried to eliminate the Jewish people entirely. When things began to unravel, even his wife Zeresh saw the truth. She said that if Mordechai is from the seed of the Jews, you will not overcome him. You will fall before him.

That’s not Jewish bravado, but rather, it is history speaking now. The story repeats itself again and again. Attempts to erase the Jewish people never end the way their architects expect.

If you ever want a real conversation, I’m open. In the meantime, read the Megillah with an open mind and heart.

Purim Sameach.

#Purim #MegillatEsther #AntiSemitism #JewishHistory #Judaism

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What does it mean to be a Jewish king?

Purim introduces us to King Achashverosh, a man ruled by impulse. In anger and intoxication he makes irreversible decisions. He wakes up to the consequences of a night where desire ran the show. That is not kingship. That is chaos.

In Judaism, the word Melech teaches the opposite. Moach, Lev, Caved. Mind, heart, body. A true king is someone whose higher consciousness leads. Values shape emotion. Emotion guides action. Not the other way around. Moach shalit al halev. The mind rules the heart. To be a Jewish king is to live from above to below, with wisdom before impulse, with purpose before desire.

#Purim #King #Torah #Judaism #JewishIdentity

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B"H

Dear Jew, stop lying to yourself.

The Megillah says it clearly. Mordechai the Jew. That comes first. You are a Jew. Connected to your people. Connected to Jerusalem. Connected to a story bigger than you.

Purim is about uncovering that. Strip it down. Who are you at the core. Start there. Live from there. Good Purim.

#Purim #JewishIdentity #Israel #Torah #Judaism

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Dear antisemites of the internet,

Antisemitism is a waste of time; it’s futile.

The Jewish people are called ma’aminim bnei ma’aminim — believers, children of believers. That doesn’t only mean theology. It means loyalty. Faithfulness. A deep, inherited commitment in our kishkas to Hashem, to Torah, to our people, to Eretz Yisrael. You can attack institutions. You can distort history. You can try to intimidate individuals. But you cannot uproot something that lives in the soul of a people.

For thousands of years, attempts to erase us have only strengthened our clarity about who we are. We don’t seek anyone’s destruction. We love life. We love the world. We are loyal to our mission. Am Yisrael is not going anywhere.

If you want to argue, fine. If you want to learn, even better. My door is open.

#Israel #Zionism #Judaism #Antisemite #Antisemitism

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B"H

This is your daily reminder that Hashem loves you. Not in theory. Not in some distant theological way. With an eternal love. Ahavat Olam. A love that we say twice a day because we forget.

It’s not meant to stay in the siddur. It’s meant to land in your heart. To be felt. To be lived. And when we access that love, especially on Shabbat, when the noise quiets and the distractions fall away, we’re meant to pass it forward. Shabbat is the gift that lets us feel that love more clearly and bring it into our homes, our words, our relationships.

Hashem loves you. Infinitely. Forever.

Shabbat Shalom.

#Judaism #Shabbat #God #Emunah #Love

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Do Jewish converts need to be Zionists?

Conversion isn’t only about keeping mitzvot in the abstract. The Torah speaks about living this life ba’aretz — in the Land. Hashem, Am Yisrael, and Eretz Yisrael are not separate stories. They are one story. You can debate policy. You can criticize leadership. That’s part of being a thinking Jew. But the Torah itself is unapologetically tied to the Land where it shines in its fullest expression.

To join the Jewish people is to join their destiny. And our destiny has always included the Land. That connection isn’t political first. It’s spiritual, historical, and woven into the Torah itself.

#Judaism #Conversion #Zionism #Israel #JewishConvert

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