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Muy a menudo la gente pregunta: ¿por qué? No son solo los obviamente ignorantes los que preguntan. Gente que – uno espera – debería saber. Activistas por sheleimus haaretz, talmidei jajamim, gente que conoce las sijot del Rebe como la palma de la mano… Me preguntan: “¿Por qué, Rafael, tanto ahínco en sheleimus haaretz? ¿Qué tanto tienes que ver con los asuntos internos (¡sic!) de Israel?”
Parece mentira que pueda haber gente preguntando tales cosas. Yo les devuelvo la interrogante: ¡¿POR QUÉ?! ¡¿Por qué el silencio?! ¡¿Por qué la indiferencia?! ¡¡¡¿¿¿Quienes somos nosotros para rendirnos o desentendernos???!!!
Defender sheleimus haaretz es defender la integridad del pueblo judío. Es una necesidad vital, indispensable, existencial. Es pikúaj néfesh. Cada vida judía está intrínsicamente conectada a cuatro amot cuadrados de Eretz Israel. El rendir territorios, o siquiera el hablar de hacer tal cosa – explicó el Rebe – pone vidas judías en peligro. No solo en Israel, sino en cualquier parte del mundo.
Frente a un peligro tan claro y presente, guardar silencio sería pecado.
Y a quien pregunte que para que sirve levantar la voz frente a la prepotencia del presente gobierno de Israel, frente a la patética indiferencia del electorado, frente a la confusión y oscuridad que se cierne sobre el mundo… Dijo Rabí Tarfón en el Pirkei Avot (2:16):
לא עליך המלאכה לגמור ולא אתה בן חורין להיבטל ממנה״”
“No recae sobre ti completar la labor, pero no eres libre de desistir de ella”
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Much often people ask me: Why? It is not only the obviously ignorant that ask. People that – one would hope – should know. Shleimus Haaretz activists, talmidei chachamim, people that know the Rebbe’s sichos like the back of their hand … they ask me: “why, Rafael, so much emphasis in shleimus haaretz? What have you got to do with Israel’s internal (sic!) affairs?”
It is hard to believe that there could be people asking such things. I return the question to them: WHY?! Why the silence?! Why the indifference?! Who are we to give up, to avoid our responsibility???!!!
To defend sheleimus haaretz is to defend the integrity of the Jewish people. It is a vital, indispensable, existential necessity. It is pikuach nefesh. Every Jewish life is intrinsically connected to a four square amos of Eretz Israel. To surrender territories, or even talking about doing such a thing – as the Rebbe explained – puts Jewish lives in danger. Not only in Israel, but anywhere else in the world as well.
Before such a clear and present danger, keeping silent would be a sin.
As for whoever asks what use may be there for raising our voices in front of the abuse of power of Israel’s current administration, in front of the pathetic indifference of the electorate, in front of the confusion and darkness that sets upon the world … Rabbi Tarfon said in Pirkei Avos (2:16):
It is hard to believe that there could be people asking such things. I return the question to them: WHY?! Why the silence?! Why the indifference?! Who are we to give up, to avoid our responsibility???!!!
To defend sheleimus haaretz is to defend the integrity of the Jewish people. It is a vital, indispensable, existential necessity. It is pikuach nefesh. Every Jewish life is intrinsically connected to a four square amos of Eretz Israel. To surrender territories, or even talking about doing such a thing – as the Rebbe explained – puts Jewish lives in danger. Not only in Israel, but anywhere else in the world as well.
Before such a clear and present danger, keeping silent would be a sin.
As for whoever asks what use may be there for raising our voices in front of the abuse of power of Israel’s current administration, in front of the pathetic indifference of the electorate, in front of the confusion and darkness that sets upon the world … Rabbi Tarfon said in Pirkei Avos (2:16):
לא עליך המלאכה לגמור ולא אתה בן חורין להיבטל ממנה״”
“The work is not for you to complete, and you are not free to desist from it”
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