Hurricane Sandy is good spiritually for the Jews. There is so much soul searching to be done. We may have over-indulged in gashmius (materialism) in our lives. All the gashmius we have taken years to accumulate can be gone in a day or less. Do we need such a big house? Do we need so much Jewish entertainment? Do we need so much money, when we only need the basic sustainence (food, water, clothing, heat and Torah) to survive, especially in an emergency?
Obama and Israel. When is Israel going to learn?
“Obama’s victory demonstrates that the state of Israel must take care of its own interests,” Danon said. “We cannot rely on anyone but ourselves. (WND)The above statement could have been written this way. "WE CANNOT RELY ON ANYONE BUT HASHEM." But it wasn't. Until then, Obama and Ahmedinejad and all our Moslem brothers who want to kill us are good for us, the Jews. Because we have yet to learn the lesson. Hashem is very patient. He is still waiting for us to do teshuva -- and in the meantime, He brings us anti-semitism, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, fire, kassams, rockets, nuclear bomb.
There are many shiurim related to Sandy. Go to TorahAnytime,com and LearnTorah.com and you will find them. Sandy happened in the same parshas Vayera, where the Jews are compared to the stars of the heavens and the sands of the seashore. (Verse 22:17) What perfect timing!
