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If You Don’t Join Us, We Will Beat You!!

Weekly Sidra: Beshalach (when [he] let go) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 13:17-17:16 Haftorah: Shofetim / Judges 5:1-5:31 So may all Your enemies perish, O Lord! But may His friends be as the sun rising in might! And the land was tranquil forty years. (Judges/Shofetim 5:31) The old saying goes “If you can’t beat them, join them”. This is an old proverb which means that if your adversaries are stronger than yourself, it is better to join the adversaries. In this week’s Torah portion we see the final defeat of the Egyptian army by the hand of Hashem. The Haftarah portion is the Song of Deborah which ends by proclaiming death to all the enemies of Israel and blessing for our friends. I do not hate Muslims, Christians or other non-Jews. However, the Torah is very clear that the enemies of Israel will be destroyed. In our politically correct society many [...]