דָּבָר אַחֵר, וְהִנֵּה נַעַר בֹּכֶה, יֶלֶד הָיָה וּמִנְהָגוֹ כְּנַעַר. בָּא גַּבְרִיאֵל וְהִכָּה לְמשֶׁה כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּבְכֶּה וְתִתְמַלֵּא עָלָיו רַחֲמִים. וַתַּחְמֹל עָלָיו, כֵּיוָן שֶׁרָאֲתָה אוֹתוֹ בּוֹכֶה חָמְלָה עָלָיו.
Another thing: "(she - Pharoah's daughter) saw) a youth crying." He was a boy and behaved like a youth (implying that big boys don't cry). Gabriel came and hit Moses so that he would cry and she would be filled with compassion for him, and have mercy on him. When she saw him crying, she had mercy on him.
A group of people crosses the Rio Grande from Ciudad Juárez into El Paso on December 13, 2022. (Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp)
“When news agencies report on increased crossings, they use language that dehumanizes and stigmatizes asylum seekers and other migrants as ‘a surge’ or ‘a flood,’” said [Rebecca} Kirzner. “In reality, the people crossing the border are making an impossible choice: to risk their lives in order to save their lives. They wouldn’t be putting themselves in danger if they had other options,
According to Rocio Melendez Dominguez, managing attorney for HIAS Mexico, Customs and Border Patrol agents routinely throw away the belongings of migrants they expel under Title 42. “It’s very traumatic [for the migrants],” she said. “They arrive with nothing — only the clothes they’re wearing.
For members of the delegation, the visit to the border provided a visceral experience they could not have obtained from reading or watching the news. This can be a powerful driver for change, said Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp of Temple Sholom in Cincinnati, Ohio, who watched a family cross the Rio Grande on a morning where temperatures hovered around 40ºF.
“I needed to see for myself those children being carried across the water,” she said. “I think there are some of us – and I am one – who need our hearts cracked open so that our empathy can be transformed into action.”
Excerpted from: https://hias.org/news/hope-faith-and-life-border-rabbis-bear-witness/