“… We will not benefit by stereotyping them and ignoring their humanity, sincerity and concerns. We will gain by being able to talk through our fears and by building bridges of understanding."

"...And yet he felt compelled to distort or abandon Torah in order to go there. The first war in world history presented our ancestors with the choice of prioritizing war or Torah, and Rabbi Elazar tells us that he failed catastrophically.”

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... please save! For I have said, ‘The world is built by chesed.’” (Psalms 89:3).”

לְמַֽעַן שִֽׁמְמוֹת עִֽירְךָֽ הַשְּׂרוּפָֽה בָֽאֵשׁ... הוֹשַׁע נָא!
“For the sake of the desolate remains of your city burnt up by fire... please save!”

לְמַֽעַן צִדְקָתָֽךְ. לְמַֽעַן קְדֻשָּׁתָֽךְ. לְמַֽעַן רַֽחֲמֶֽיךָ הָֽרַבִּֽים. לְמַֽעַן שְׁכִֽינָתָֽךְ, הוֹשַׁע נָא! לְמַֽעַן תְּהִלָּתָֽךְ, הוֹשַׁע נָא!
כִּֽי־אָמַֽרְתִּי עוֹלָֽם חֶֽסֶד יִבָּנֶֽה׃

“For the sake of Your righteousness; for the sake of Your holiness; for the sake of Your great mercy; for the sake of Your Divine Presence, please save! For the sake of Your praise..."

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