Page 2 - The Jewish Voice - April '25

Page 2, The Jewish Voice

From the rabbi

The Spirit of Our Nation: yeshiva students, seminary Each person is expelled from the Garden of Eden
girls, and entrepreneurs.
Everyone goes through a flood
Report from Israel Though they were so young, Everyone has an Abel
there were countless survivors that they’re deathly jealous of
By Rabbi Dovid Vigler of October 7 in the room — In everyone there’s a tower of rebellion and confusion [like
Chana and I recently soldiers, residents of Israel’s the tower of Babel]
spent Shabbos in Israel for a south, and attendees of the
family celebration. Though Nova Musica Festival. There Each person goes away from their father’s house [like
the country is at war, the spirit were also many who had Abraham]
of our nation is remarkable. lost friends and family as Everyone almost binds their son [like Isaac]
I write these words from our fallen soldiers, hostages, and Deep inside there’s a small Sodom
room overlooking the holy civilians. that they just want to erase already
Temple Mount and the Old As he got up on stage, And there are angels that will save them
City of Jerusalem. In the Hanan ben Ari sang songs that electrified the crowd. These
background is the Mount of weren’t typical pop songs — they were lyrics expressive of And I too dream like Joseph
Olives, where both of our the deep traumas our nation has endured. The massive crowd Yes, I was also thrown into a pit
grandparents are buried, the oldest cemetery in the world danced and cried, jumping and singing in their seats and in History repeats itself in disguise*
that is still in use, with graves dating back over 3,000 years. the aisles, shouting the words they clearly knew so well. It And like David I make a psalm out of it
We’re deeply connected to this land and we’d like to share was the catharsis we all need. We were laughing and singing [I] make a psalm out of it
some of what we’ve experienced. all at the same time. It was breathtaking.
Last night, 10,000 Jews gathered in a basketball court He opened by addressing the elephant in the room: We are The show was joy interwoven with grief, aware of the
in Jerusalem for a musical concert. The place was filled to broken by the war, but we can still sing about it. He sang a hand of G-d accompanying us even in the darkest of times:
capacity as the crowd thundered to the arrival of Hanan ben song about how we’re at the very bottom, but it’s from here
Ari, one of Israel’s most popular singers. It was astonishing that we can see things we’ve never seen before. From the Rabbi on page 3
to observe the crowd — Jews of all ages and stages, including His first song reminded us all that we aren’t the first
religious and secular, young and elderly, Sefardi and Ashkenazi, generation to have suffered such trauma.

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