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Ashreinu mah tov chelkeinu: Fine, they all hate us, but we love us — and we love being us!

The final chapter in an epic battle thousands of years old

“Hashem accepted Yishmael’s tears as he cried alone, but he lovingly embraced Aharon’s prayers as he shared in his brother’s pain”

“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 Ramban explains that Yishmael exists in order to drive Klal Yisrael to be mispallel and thus further their relationship with Hashem

“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?”