A Jewish woman went up to the Temple Mount today and she did something unthinkable. She broke the law…man’s law, Bibi’s law, not God’s law.
And in return, two policemen broke the law…not Bibi’s law, not man’s law, but God’s law (video at bottom of the page).
I’ve been to India; I’ve been to England and Germany and Belgium and Italy and Greece…and more…and in EVERY place.
OMG…in EVERY place, a woman security guard was there. With respect, when they felt I had to be searched, they searched. When a security officer asked me to remove my head covering, I said “no.” When she asked if it was for religious reasons that I would not remove my scarf, I answered simply “yes.” She asked if she took me to a private room, just her and me, would I remove it, and again I answered simply “yes.”
But here in Israel, here in Israel…two men have the right to drag a woman around this way? They dragged her off the holiest place in Israel because in following God’s law, she broke man’s law…On this day, my heart breaks. God’s law, Bibi. God’s law. God…
That's exactly what's wrong with the Galut mentality... it says nothing has changed for the better and what do Jews do on Tisha B'Av? They mourn and fast half a day, not realizing the Exile is over and there is a Jewish State now.
ReplyDeleteI understand it made perfect sense when Jews had to live abroad under the compulsion of others but now they're a free people and mourning in the Land Of Israel strikes me as absurd! The holiday is observed in denial of the greatest change in Jewish history - the restoration of Jewish national sovereignty. Yet pious religious Jews won't celebrate it - why not? There are plenty of reasons to be happy even if Jewish national sovereignty is still not yet complete. Its time to look not to the past but to the future.