The Ramban explains that Yishmael exists in order to drive Klal Yisrael to be mispallel and thus further their relationship with Hashem
“The discomfort you felt seeing any images in Mishpacha isn’t a fraction of the extraordinary pain and bewilderment a huge chunk of Klal Yisrael is going through”
The losses are real and the pain is intense, but nothing that is ultimately bad can happen on Shemini Atzeres
“Some people can’t bring themselves to see a photo of cars on fire? Or of a bombed-out house? Really, is that too much to ask of you?”
Successful davening and learning in these turbulent times require us to think only about the immediate task at hand
Believe that your tefillos matter, that they count — and that these tefillos play a role in bringing yeshuas Yisrael
