SHLOMO CHAIM KESSELMAN: In an instant, Moses and Aaron’s dreams were crushed. Their life’s goal, to bring the Jews to the Promised Land, dissolved to dust. Why? Of what sin were they guilty? And why such a harsh punishment?
Moses hit the rock when G‑d instructed him to speak to it.
SHLOMO CHAIM KESSELMAN: Moses made a conscious decision that, for the sake of genuine connection, he must disobey G‑d.
Moses struck the rock because he recognized that only if Jews toiled would their connection to G‑d and his Torah be real. If everything were to come easy, there there would never be a genuine connection; the Jews would never break out of their comfort zones to connect with G‑d, and they would never become truly one.
G‑d, the Jews’ loving father, wanted Moses to speak to the rock, wanted Torah and G‑d to be easily accessible. Nevertheless, Moses, whose entire existence was about connecting Jews with G‑d, knew that we must toil to connect, and thus he struck the rock.
#Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz gave the green light to commence #Israeli exports of natural gas to #Egypt on Monday, ahead of expected first flow between the countries next month. https://t.co/UzOzATvdrX— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) December 16, 2019
Egypt sentences 17 to death over attacks on churches https://t.co/gvzPfOK2om— Arutz Sheva (@ArutzSheva_En) October 12, 2018
An Egyptian court sentenced six woman to prison over TikTok videos, claiming their clips "incite debauchery." pic.twitter.com/rcg9CkmnT1— DW News (@dwnews) July 30, 2020
Live update: Italy calls on Egypt to release young researcher who was allegedly tortured https://t.co/bTto6WBIl2— TOI ALERTS (@TOIAlerts) February 9, 2020
#Israel starts exporting natural gas to #Egypt, energy ministers say— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 15, 2020
Report by @eytanhalon https://t.co/qZo44pYChg
KINGTUT777: We love you Sisi. ShalomNew oil, gas field in Egypt promises more discoveries https://t.co/FtKhG6jKtL— Al-Monitor (@AlMonitor) January 3, 2020
OWEN JARUS: Surviving texts say that Jews in Egypt couldn't be physically distinguished from the rest of Egypt's population around Jesus' time.

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HARA PERSON: I was reminded that the hate that has been unleashed against immigrants, Jews, people of color and LGBTQ people all has its roots in the same soil that allowed slavery to flourish.
As Americans, it is time for us to consider our national sins and reflect on what we can do to help this country heal.
BEN SALES: More than one in 10 Jews is not white.
Among the 11 percent of American Jews who are not white, 2 percent are black, 5 percent are Hispanic and 4 percent are another ethnicity.
The area with the largest number of nonwhite Jews (as well as Jews in general) is New York City, which is home to nearly 140,000 Jews of color. Los Angeles County is home to nearly 100,000, while Miami’s 33,000 Jews of color account for half the Florida city’s Jewish population.






















