September 11th
‘Nine’ and ‘eleven,’ two numbers that have changed the present and future of the world.
It was a beautiful Tuesday morning in September. Two hijacked planes were intentionally crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center and thousands of innocent people were slaughtered. This dark day brought to light a clash of civilizations that has been brewing for close to four millennia. 9/11 underlined for America and the world that there were people one this planet who would do anything to kill people unlike themselves, who would slit the throats of infidels and blow up their own babies for an evilly distorted version of a ‘god’ created in their own hateful image. It is the responsibility for God-fearing people everywhere to obliterate such evil.
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Teaching from the Alter Rebbe which highlight the significance of receiving the Torah in the desert and how this is a lesson for our daily lives..
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Living With Faith and Hope After September 11
An essay written by Rabbi Jacobson with Yom Kippur’s message of hope to the world that was shaken September 11th.
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Hamas and ISIS (as well as Al Qaeda, Hezbollah and other Islamic terrorist groups) have very similar objectives (obviously with their own variations).
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Ki Teitzei: Nine Eleven
September 11 marks the day when this battle turned global. Now our time has come to not be afraid, but to rise to the occasion and find ways to bring on personal and global redemption.
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