Why The Protests on College Campuses are Happening Now - Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

this Torah class is brought to you by Torah anytime.com the events that are taking place in college campuses across the United States of America the anti-Semitism which is so blatant was recently compared to the way the climate of universities in Germany in the 1930s and to have public demonst ations accusing the state of Israel of genocide is nothing short of a modern day blood liel where a country was attacked where thousands were killed and molested and to destroy those who are threatening their existence it's compared they're being accused of genocide it is nothing short of a modern day blood liel and the question that we have to ask ourselves is why is this happening pesak time and anyone who a student of History will observe that blood lials were part and parcel of our observance of the Y of Pak from time of Memorial you know the first instance of accused ritual murder took place in 1144 which was fabricated by Jewish apostate theobold of Cambridge in Norwich two years later the f after the first Blood liel the Second Crusade began and blood lials became Prime ammunition to fuel Devastation of communities across Europe in the 13th century starting in 1264 liel spread to England 1291 Jews were legally banned from England in the city of Prague in 1389 on the last day of pesak thousands of Jews were massacred in the 7 uh because of Li lials blood lials were not gerain only to the Christian World there were blood lials in the Arab worldus Balan who buried on harim saved the Jews from a blood liall as well toward the end of the Middle Ages the blood liel spread to many countries turkey Egypt Syria even in Kevon there were blood lials belief in blood lials became one of the basic tenets of Christianity they frequently brought about great Jewish tragedy Scholars estimate between 1880 and 1900 there were over 100 instances of blood lials against European Jews historians write there was no City in all of Russia Lithuania Poland that did not suffer but the question we have to ask ourselves is historically and even today in our times in 20124 why do these tragedies happen and why do they happen pesak time andman and I also found this in the writings of R fagi in a work that he wrote in tribute to Moses manori they both write that a blood liable it was a punishment for the Jewish people for the sin of the sale of Y we sold y we dipped his tunic in Blood and we asked Our Father Yakov do you recognize this tun we created the first Lial and therefore this is a punishment mid quid but the qu by the way the question then is why do these tragedies seem to happen PES time so I want to share with you two stunning insights the first from Fi Fi says that the almighty in his infinite Mercy on the Jewish people makes it occur specifically on Pak time why Pak time because P we perform more mitv than any other time of the the the whole year we have a tradition there are 12 specific Mitzvah we do that we have a further tradition from the V there are 64 expanded MIT that we do the night of the and some even record records there are 168 merits we acre the night of the say there so God In His Infinite Mercy in order to protect the Jewish people has these events that if they have to happen they happen at a time when we have the most protection when we perform the most Mitzvah so when we see when we hear on the news these events are happening we have to thank Hashem they happen now because so to speak now is the time that we are offered the most protection but what's very interesting is this is the explanation given by offered another Insight he says that if blood lables are a punishment for the sale of Y and the sale of Y was the primary cause of why the Jewish people went down to Egypt so every pesak it is so to speak Revisited upon us do we are we still guilty of that sin that made us go down to Egypt in the first place namely the sale of Y which translates to mean is there Discord and are the Jewish people today fragmented and can we not get along with our brother today with our own family members with our own community members and with members of the Jewish Nation at large because if we are still guilty of that sin which caused us to go down to m in the first place God reminds us specifically pesak time hey that sin of the sale of Y it's still prevalent among you you still need to fix it you still need to correct it so the news that is unfolding before our eyes is a very timely message and wakeup call that the root of the sin of the sale of Y is something we still have to correct so on the one hand R fagi says it's a great kindness of Hashem that it happens now at a time we're most protective and at the same time it's also a very directed and pointed message to us that we need to get our act together specifically in the area of how we get along with our own Brothers and sisters wishing everyone you've just experienced another Torah class brought to you by tor anytime.com