Faith, Community, and Hope: Our Enduring Strength - Ari Abramowitz: The Land of Israel Fellowship

It was a living reminder that our strength has never been in our numbers or in our weapons, but in the spirit of Hashem who fights with us and through us. Because in the story of Israel, numbers never mattered. Right? We read in Deuteronomy chapter 7, the Lord did not set his love upon you nor choose you because you were more in number than any people, for you were the fewest of all peoples. From the beginning of our history, we were always outnumbered by armies, empires, by the tide of the world itself. But that was never a flaw in the planet was the plan itself. It was a living reminder that our strength has never been in our numbers or in our weapons, but in the spirit of Hashem who fights with us and through us. And so tonight, if you are here, if you're here, if you have chosen to step into this mourning, this pain with us, to feel our grief as if it was your own, then I believe it's safe to say you are that righteous remnant. Because each of us, each person, each nation carries a gift that humanity desperately needs. and Messiah will be the conductor that brings that all together, that will bring this unique light, a frequency when joined together will create a harmony the world has never known. In this fellowship, we are the harbinger of what is to come, of what's possible. Because if we after thousands of years of hatred and suspicion and bloodshed, if we can somehow find our way back to one another, if we can move from enmity to brotherhood, then it means something far bigger than ourselves. It means reconciliation is possible for all of humanity. And may we merit to see in our days the rebuilding of the holy temple. Not as a monument of stone, not as a building, but as the beating heart of a world made whole. A house of prayer for all nations. A house where the light of every people will rise together and illuminate the earth with the glory of God. [Music]