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The Haggadah and The Rise of Antisemitism in America

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this Torah class is brought to you by Torah anytime.com good everyone the state of the Jewish people in this country today is as tenuous as it has ever been since the founding of this country the climate the environment of college campuses across the United States of America is as threatening as it has ever been recently Netanyahu commented that the environment on campuses today is reminiscent of the way it was in the 30s in Germany and there's an Insight in the a stunning Insight that will give us a perspective of how to view these events that are unfolding before our eyes in the we traditionally say the passage we say this is what has stood up for our forefathers and for us not one alone has stood up against us to destroy us in every single generation they stand up against us to destroy us and the almighty saves Us in every single generation the says they try to destroy the Jewish people and God always saves us but if we study the next passage of the ha the ha says gives us a commandment go out and learn what what tried to do to only decreed on the males the wanted to destroy everything the question is okay that may be true but what is the connection what is the H what is the Jos of that these two passages that in every generation they tried to destroy us and then the ha says go out and learn from what laan tried to do to us so my father showed me in the of who he quotes a stunning Insight of ruik the author of yeshu Mal on the ram our family has a special connection with mik my great great-grandfather was a student of the yesu Mal and helped publish that saer and it's found in the where offers the following Insight once the hag says that in every single generation they stand up to try to to destroy us one may have the following question really in every generation aren't there governments aren't their countries aren't their powers governments of kindness that give the Jewish people equality freedom of religion freedom of expression freedom to observe all of our Traditions without threat without persecution so how could the Bal how could the author of this text write in every single generation they rise up against us to destroy us it seems a bit exaggerated not in every generation aren't there governments that offer us the ability to rise up to the highest echelons of power and society and influence so therefore the hag says if you would if you were to question what I'm saying then I want you to make one simple study go out and learn what love un tried to do to our people love comes to yob aino and he sweet talks to him he says why would you have to work for me for free it's not like we're brothers tell me your wages and Lon expresses great love to Yakov and his family he says why' you run away you didn't give me the opportunity to kiss my grandchildren to kiss my daughters Lan on the outside seems to be giving yakob aino every opportunity to be successful but he himself self by his own admission said that God told him not to harm you yakob ainu but Lan says if God had not told me that I would have harmed you so in fact on the outside it seems like laan was giving us freedom of religion and freedom of expression but behind the scenes he was plotting annihilation in fact if you look in the medish this R kki quotes in time of on the words arii says kki Lan secretly hired asov to be a Hitman with his 400 men to knock off Yakov ainu and asov didn't want to do it right away because he figured that if he's going to knock off yakob ainu he would have to pay the debt of going down to Egypt so after the Jewish people went down to Egypt he then sent a message to his grandson am okay now knock him off so even on the outside it looked like L was Med and he provided us every blessing and benefit nevertheless he was if you were to question the words of the is it in every generation the answer is resounding yes because it doesn't matter how it seems in the official statements of the government but if they don't provide us protection from persecution and anti-Semitism we can only rely on that is a statement a fact that's a reality of Jewish history the reality is it's means there's gravity and there are other physical phenomenon with which God runs the world one of them is without the protection of Hashem we have no one to all and if you thought the current was different well the teaches us and our eyes see that in fact it's and should send us the the complete Redemption with the coming of and the rebuilding of the wishing everyone you've just experienced another Torah class brought to you by tor anytime.com