Trust in Hashem: The True Source of Strength - Ari Abramowitz: The Land of Israel Fellowship

and so here we are we're back in the land and facing the Paradigm example of our most helpless Brethren held hostage under the brutality of the most vicious evil regime in history not only are they without Liberty they're facing vicious torturous suffering beyond anything that we can imagine and in this portion it tells us Hashem tells us what we must do that if we put our faith in Hashem in a true way it puts us in a much stronger and far less dependent and pathetic position then we're under if we have this delusion that we seem to carry around as a people that we exist here at the pleasure of America or any other country the more we put our faith in America or even our own defense establishments the more wakeups we're going to need to receive like these bus bombs that were foiled not by the IDF not by the police not by the shabbach the Israeli FBI but by God himself and we quoted in this week's Torah portion when Hashem says what does he say I'm sending a messenger before you to guard you on the way it was hashem's intervention that stopped this bloodbath now we have to hold up our end of the deal so Hashem will destroy our enemies as we read just a few verses later in our portion this is what he says pay he to hasem and Obey him do not defy him but if you obey him and do all that I say I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes you shall serve the Lord your God and he will bless your bread and your water and I will remove sickness from your midst I will send forth my Terror before you and I will throw into Panic all the people among who you come and I will make all your enemies turn tail before you for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hands and you will drive them out before you you shall make no Covenant with them and their gods they shall not remain in your land and it will prove a snare for you sort of brought those verses together but that's it that's it trust in Hashem no more deals no more covenants no more Red Cross throw them out all of them it doesn't matter what the world says no more caring what the world thinks why because Hashem is with us it's up to us to do what we need to do with or without anyone else's blessing or agreement for no other reason than it's the right thing to do and it's hashem's will and if we do then we will D dwell securely in our borders and if we don't it doesn't matter how sophisticated the weapons from America may be a bunch of inbred Savages on H Gliders can bring the entire country to our needes no more believing in the illusion of power dynamics this is a tough one not only for the nation of Israel but for all of humanity no more believing that we have our own independence strength and power or that anyone else America included does either that type of thinking leads to compromising on our Liberty and the liberty of our brethren in captivity it's embarrassing 500 Days it shouldn't have been five minutes that we allowed them to be there and if we wanted to if we had the will and the faith in God they would have been out in five minutes only in Hashem and Hashem alone can we put our faith [Music]