| Ideas on the Final Redemption The following ideas are mine alone. We have a tradition that because of "needless hatred" we are in exile from the beloved garden of G-d, otherwise known as Israel. In my entire life, I have never heard of anyone say, "My hatred is not justified." Always someone will say, "But you do not understand what an evil person he or she is." So what exactly is "needless hatred"? We can examine the famous gemorah relating to Kamtsa and Bar Kamtsa. It is interesting to note that the host who publicly embarrassed Bar Kamtsa does not have his name mentioned, but the victim not only has his name mentioned but is blamed for the destruction of G-ds beloved garden. True Bar Kamtsa was embarrassed and was justifiably furious, but what did G-ds beloved garden do to him that he had to destroy it? The unnamed host on the other hand restricted his activities to human disputes leaving G-ds beloved garden out of it. This was the same situation in all of our other exiles. When the spies spoke against the land, they could have said the truth of what was in their hearts. That they were afraid of losing their leadership roles and that they were afraid that by working they would not be able to learn enough torah. When the tribes of Gad and Reuven did exactly that G-d said all right you can have the other side of the Jordan River albeit that your portion of the land will have a little less holiness. In the second exile, the Rambam says we lost the land again because we neglected studying how to defend it and preferred learning witchcraft. (Could this mean depending solely on the merit of learning torah and not doing anything?) Moreover, in the third exile not only did we bring in the Romans but until today we have hated the desirable land preferring to dwell in the lands of the non Jews stating how we are dong so many mitzvot. At least let us have the integrity of saying we are weak and do not have what it takes. As far as fasting goes and other aspects of mourning, there are 3 levels of sinning. The first is "I sinned" The second more serious level is doing a "Chillel Hashem". The third is spiting in G-ds face when He has done for us more miracles than we can count in bringing us back to His beloved garden. This is done when persons say the redemption is not yet here. There is a sovereign Jewish government, which has made all the torah holiday's legal holidays. The national language is Hebrew and we have an army that is the envy of the entire world. Even the third temple is presently under construction. True there are still persons that prefer the exile over being a member of the Jewish nation. (Many sources state any Jew not in Israel is not considered part of the nation See Mitzvot HaRambam 157 mitzvah Kiddush Ha Chodesh. Also in gemorah Horiyot page 3 and midrash Yalkut shemoni on Melachim 193) However, what is important is whether the redemption is here and if we are taking advantage of it. While every Jew is responsible for every other Jew there is only so much one can do. It is therefore the strong opinion of the writer of this website that any Jew that lives outside Israel or fasts on Tisha Baav is not just sinning or doing a Chillel Hashem but is actually spitting in G-ds face. A person will get more favors by saying "thank you can I please have more please" rather than telling someone that has given one numerous favors "you good for nothing" NOTE: ALL FAST DAYS EXCEPT YOM KIPUR ARE RABBINICAL. WHILE YOM KIPPUR IS REQUIRED BY THE TORAH, WHEN THE RABBIS MADE UP THE OTHER FAST DAYS THERE WAS A FOOT NOTE ADDED THAT THEY ONLY APPLY WHILE WE ARE IN EXILE. A SITUATION THAT DOES NOT APPLY IN THE WORLD OF TODAY. YOM KIPUR APPLIES AT ALL TIMES. |
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