Now that we discussed how to yearn for the Final Redemption and the Beis HaMikdash on a practical level regarding between man and G-d, let's discuss what is the definition of sinas chinam which destroyed the Beis HaMikdash. (see Bavli Yoma 9b and Yerushalmi Yoma 1:1)
What is the definition of sinas chinam in the 21st century? Jewish racism towards other groups in our nation.
How do we eradicate sinas chinam which destroyed the Beis HaMikdash?
Read Building Tomorrow by Rabbi Y. Y. Rubinstein which discusses Sinas Chinam - How it starts, spreads, and how to get rid of it for good.
Every day we say the following:
Rav Shimon Schwab says that during exile, the Jewish people are split, not only
physically-geographically but also ideologically. One group does not see eye to eye with the other... people who do keep Torah and mitzvos are divided and subdivided many times among themselves (Rav Schwab on Prayer, page 468).
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However, over 150 years ago the disciples of the Vilna Gaon (i.e. Eliyahu Kremer) and the disciples of the Baal Shem Tov (Yisroel ben Eliezer) had made peace with each other. While both groups maintained their differences, both developed great respect and eventually a mutual love for each other. So why should we be different today? The talmidim of our great yeshivos and kollelim who follow their Roshei HaYeshivah and devoted Chassidim who follow their Admorim, are all united in their absolute loyalty to Hashem’s Torah. Why can’t we tell the other, ‘I am deeply convinced that my shitah (my outlook), is emes. So are you. We honor each other’s conviction and sincerity without any yielding an inch of our own sacred territory.’” (Selected Essays by Rav Shimon Schwab, pages 72-79)
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Every morning we say:
At Mincha, on Shabbos afternoon we say:
(א) אַתָּה אֶחָד וְשִׁמְךָ אֶחָד וּמִי כְּעַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל גּוֹי אֶחָד בָּאָרֶץ.
The prophet extols the beauty and virtue of the Jewish Nation:
(כג) וּמִ֤י כְעַמְּךָ֙ כְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל גּ֥וֹי אֶחָ֖ד בָּאָ֑רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָלְכֽוּ־אֱ֠לֹקִ֠ים לִפְדּֽוֹת־ל֨וֹ לְעָ֜ם...
(23) And who is like Your people Israel, a unique nation on earth, whom God went and redeemed as His people...
We are one, as being separate and distinct.
If we can't get we can't get along with each other, then what virtue is the prophet praising?
אמר להם הקב"ה לישראל בני אהובי כלום חסרתי דבר שאבקש מכם ומה אני מבקש מכם אלא שתהיו אוהבין זה את זה ותהיו מכבדין זה את זה ותהיו יראים זה מזה...
The Holy One Blessed be He says to the Jewish people: My beloved children, do I lack anything that I need to ask it of you? What do I, Hashem, ask of you? Only that you love one another, honor one another and revere one another.
How good and how pleasant it is
that brothers dwell together.
What is the final Jewish solution?
To learn:
- The laws of Loshon Hora – click here, here and here
- Days Are Coming, Avodas Hakorbanos and The Original Second Temple,
By undertaking both of these initiatives we will rectify and reignite within us that yearning to have an intimate relationship with our fellow Jew and Creator!
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Dedicated in memory of:
- Velvel Volf Zev ben Aharon - sanctified G-d's Name amongst Jews and non-Jews.
- Shimshon ben Meshulam Dov - exemplified living with happiness and did the same to others despite the challenges he was going through in his own life.
- HaRav Zechariah Shimon ben Yitzchak HaKohein - gave of himself both physically and spiritually on behalf of the Jewish People.
- Bryna Bracha bas Aryeh Yaakov - was a 🌟 in relationships with people and our Creator.
- Rav Meir Yaakov ben HaRav Aharon - revolutionized the transmission of the Written and Oral Torah on behalf of the Jewish People.
- Rav Yisrael Meir ben R’ Aryeh Zev HaKohein, Menachem Mendel ben Levi Yitzchak, Elchonon Bunem ben Naftali Beinish Hy”d.
- Reva Leah bas Dovid Yehoshua, Eliezer Moshe ben Avraham, Kayla Rus bas Bunim Tuvia, Rabbi Uri Zohar, Shmuel Aharon ben Nasan Nattah and Ezra Yonatan ben Gary.