This Shabbat, peace seems as elusive as ever.
We pray for peace for all seekers of peace and to bring the captives home.
Oseh Shalom bimromav Hu ya’aseh Shalom Aleinu v’al kol Yisrael v’al kol yoshvei teiveil, v’imru Amen.
Shabbat Shalom
This Shabbat, peace seems as elusive as ever.
We pray for peace for all seekers of peace and to bring the captives home.
Oseh Shalom bimromav Hu ya’aseh Shalom Aleinu v’al kol Yisrael v’al kol yoshvei teiveil, v’imru Amen.
Shabbat Shalom
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Bring them Home!
Shabbat Shalom
This is the mantra we need to keep repeating in every conversation. Our people must be brought home as the basis for any negotiation.
Many hostages have perished, all have endured unspeakable suffering, and we presume those still alive continue to be abused. This is the moral basis for the continued war on Hamas.
Although Hamas does not care about the killing and destruction inflicted on the Palestinian people and crudely, cynically positions the hostages and the Palestinians as bargaining chips in political maneuvering, we care about them and will continue to fight against the forces of barbarism until our people come home.
I pray for peace, and I pray for the end to the pain and suffering. Bring them home, and then we can take steps toward ending hostilities.
Bring Them Home Now
We are anxiously hoping the current negotiations for the return of some kidnapped hostages will bring our people home soon.
It is a deal with the devil, but you do what you must do.
However, the devil is in the details, and the details are troubling.
We have been unable to get “proof of life” for all held captive. Why is this the case? Is Hamas not in control of all the hostages? If true, it does not bode well for those remaining in captivity.
Why has the Red Cross been unable to check on the welfare of the hostages? This, too, is an ominous sign that Hamas may not be in control and our people are not being treated humanely.
Why are the negotiations 3 to 1? For every Israeli returned, three people are returned to Hamas. This seems an admission, particularly by Hamas, that both sides value Israeli human life more than Palestinians’.
These issues are distressing, But the answers to these questions offer insights into how things will progress after this deal is concluded.
Let us bring home those we can and work to bring the rest back as quickly as possible.
Every day the hostages remain captive is another day of anguish.
BRING THEM HOME NOW!
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This Shabbat I share this duet from the Tel Aviv Opera. Bring them home now. May the hostages be safe and be returned to our family.
Shabbat Shalom