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Topic: Faith under Fire: Inspiration and updates from Rabbi Shalom in Israel
Time: Jun 23, 2025 09:30 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
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Shalom my beloved community,
I’m writing to you from the Holy Land, with so much love and strength pulsing through my heart and out to each of you. Despite the fire and sirens, despite the rockets overhead, there is deep emunah (faith) stirring within. In the shelters, we are singing. In the moments of tension, we are dancing. The Jewish spirit isn't breaking—it's burning brighter.
To walk this land again is such a blessing. To dip in its springs, to breathe the air of Tzfat, to wander the ancient alleys and sun-kissed hills—it is a taste of eternity. There is a magic here, a radiant goodness that this land is waiting for us to acknowledge, to speak about, to love and love out loud.
This week’s Parsha, Shelach, reminds us of a grave mistake that is more relevant than ever—the sin of the spies.
The twelve spies were sent to scout the Land of Israel before our ancestors entered it. Ten of them saw only obstacles. They saw giants and danger. They return terrified. "We were like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and in theirs." Armed with a rational analysis, but no faith. They saw giants and forgot the Giant within. They saw walls and forgot the One who breaks them. They called it realism, but it was a betrayal of hope. They saw themselves as grasshoppers, and the world mirrored their view.
We must not repeat this.
Let us be like Yehoshua and Kalev—those who held the secret of inner vision. They didn’t just look—they felt. They sensed the holiness, the purpose, the divine invitation embedded in the stones of this land. They remembered who we are.
We must believe in ourselves, in our people, in the mighty light of Am Yisrael. We must speak positively about our land. Highlight her beauty. Praise her righteousness. Tell of the sunrise over Masada, of the waterfalls of Ein Gedi, of magical Jerusalem nights.
Tell of her waters and olive groves, her ancient stories and modern miracles. Tell of her wisdom, her kindness, her holiness.
Let us rise🦁 in these epic times.
Let us speak words that awaken light. Let us see through eyes that remember truth. Let us love this land, our people, and our purpose with unwavering joy.
L’chayim to vision.
L’chayim to goodness.
L’chayim to redemption unfolding.
With an overflowing heart,
Rabbi Shalom
From Eretz Yisrael, with love 💫
