Israel’s Olive Tree: How Crushing Trauma Brings Out Our Light | The Land of Israel Network

How are the Jews going to survive? And that's the stage that's being set for the light to shine. Right. You know, we're likened The prophets likened Israel to the olive tree, to the to the olive. And we during times like this, and really since October 7th, it's come to a head, that we have been going through such crushing trauma. I mean, our vision of what we want to do with our farm is from the book of Jeremiah. Am sree de hariv matzachem bamidbar. The nation who survived the sword The the edge of the sword will find grace in the desert. Right, we're a nation that a a nation to some degree that has post-traumatic stress disorder. My My 5-year-old daughter just told me that she had this dream that this huge massive boulder was coming down to run to the real to run into the safe room. Like it's so clear what this is all about. Right? And so why is all of this happening to us? Because we are like the olive, as the prophets say. And when does that precious fine olive oil that is brought to the holy temple for that eternal light to shine come out of us? When we're crushed the most. And God is crushing us right now, but it's bringing the best out of us, and it's making us who we need to be. >> [music]