Hashem’s Love And Endless Compassion! #ai #torahwisdom #hidabroot #spiritualgrowth #parsha #torah

[music and bell] Hello everyone. We've reached [music] the haftra of a hosa who prophesied during the days of Isaiah, Yodam, Aaz, and Yehizia, [music] kings of Yehuda, and during the days of Yuravam, the king of Israel after [music] many years in which the kingdom of Israel was divided in two. Hosa first rebukes the people for serving God with deceit and falsehood [music] and he praises Yehuda for their loyalty to God. At the same time, [music] the prophet reminds us of God's love for the Jewish people and his abundant mercy. In our episode, God speaks to the [music] Jewish nation via the prophet Hosa. He tells us how much he loves us even when we distance ourselves [laughter] from him. The prophet describes the relationship between God [music] and the Jewish people as that of a father to his children. God looks upon his people and sees how they get confused again and [music] again. Sometimes they draw close to him. Sometimes they run away. Sometimes they pray to him and ask [music] for help. But when things are good for them, they forget. He calls to them. My people wonder whether to return to me. [music] Meaning their hearts are caught between truth and falsehood, between repentance and sin. They want to return, [music] but they can't fully rise up. And even so, God does not give up on them. He says, [music] "How can I give up on my nation? How can I hand you over, Israel?" Like a father looking at his child who made mistakes but just can't [music] bring himself to punish him because his heart is broken. God says that his heart turns within him and his compassion is stirred. [music] He cannot destroy his people because he is not a man. He is God and he is holy. His mercy is not like human mercy. He says, "I will not unleash my anger [music] for I am God and not a man." That is, even when they deserve punishment, he restrains his anger and his great mercy. Afterwards, the prophet tells what will happen in [music] the future. A day will come when the Jewish people will once again follow God, like children [music] who listen to their father. He will roar like a lion, but not out of anger, but rather it will be a call of love, and the children, the Jewish people, [music] will hear his voice from afar, be moved, and return home from all the places to which they have wandered. from Egypt, from Assyria, from all corners of the world. [music] They will come like doves returning to their nests and God will gather them with love and bring them back to their homes in peace. But after such warm words, the prophet also describes the sad reality of the Jewish nation and especially the tribe of Ephraim. They have strayed very far [laughter] from the truth. They chase after the wind, [music] meaning they pursue empty things that have no substance. They rely on alliances with [music] other nations, with Assyria and with Egypt. Instead of trusting in God, instead of putting their faith in God, they believe in their own strength and their wealth. Even Yehuda, the [music] tribe from the south, is still closer to God, but they're also in decline.