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Saturday, July 5, 2008
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL:PEACE FOLLOWS JUSTICE:OSEH SHALOM
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One should not lie. It is impossible to explain 3,500 years of history in 250 words, or at all, which is why the signers of the 1993 Oslo accords agreed not to discuss the past and to deal with the present and future.
It is written that the inheritance of the Jews is the Torah. The "land" (spreading to the eastern side of the Jordan), belongs to Abraham's "offspring" (Gen. 12:7). This includes Isaac, Ishmael and six other sons. Just as Isaac and Ishmael peacefully reconciled to bury Father Abraham, so must their descendants today find a just way of living in peace and harmony.
"He will adjudicate among the peoples, and discipline many nations; they will break down their swords into shovels, their spears into pruning hooks: nations will not raise swords against each other, nor train for war any more." (Isa. 2:2-4).
"Justice and peace are connected,"writes Rabbi Arthur Segal."Justice is first established. Afterwards peace is achieved. The aggrieved has the right to justice. Peace without justice is surrender. It plants the seeds of future warfare. But any agreement must guarantee safety to all citizens, including the cessation of terrorist bombings, rocket attacks, kidnappings, as well as economic blockades."
May he who makes peace (Oseh Shalom) in high places make peace for us, for Israel, the Middle East and the entire world.
Leon Resnick
Hilton Head Island
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