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fanuc2013 · 51-55, F
These people have been fighting for centuries and won't stop until one side or the other has been annihilated! Look back in history, constant fighting with some lulls in between wars!
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
@fanuc2013 i refuse to be so pessimistic. There is a comment in the bible, and I am really not a big bible believer, but it goes something to the fact that peace will not come when tools of war are turned into plowshares, but only when the transformation is from that into musical instruments Only then can we see peace because before we have instruments of war the musical instruments will first need to become plowshares.
https://templedehirschsinai.org/parshat-vayakhel-%E2%80%A2-exodus-351-3820/
Israeli poet Yehudah Amichai,after the verse in Micah 4, wrote: “Don’t stop after beating the swords into plowshares, don’t stop! Go on beating and make musical instruments out of them. Whoever wants to make war again will have to turn them into plowshares first.” This beautiful sentiment displays the strong predisposition against warfare felt by the Jewish community, itself the historical victims of violence.
This poem also contains the key to unlocking a verse in this week’s Torah portion. “The posts were four; their four sockets were of copper, their hooks of silver; and the overlay of their tops was of silver, as were also their bands,” we read in Exodus 38:19. Why silver and copper and not a more durable, lasting metal? In addition to their natural beauty, we are taught that these metals were used in construction of the Mishkan due to their unsuitability for weaponry. Our most sacred space itself, in addition to the rituals contained within, are constant reminders of our highest aspiration, that “nation shall not lift up sword against nation nor shall they learn war anymore.”
Rabbi Aaron Meyer
https://templedehirschsinai.org/parshat-vayakhel-%E2%80%A2-exodus-351-3820/
Israeli poet Yehudah Amichai,after the verse in Micah 4, wrote: “Don’t stop after beating the swords into plowshares, don’t stop! Go on beating and make musical instruments out of them. Whoever wants to make war again will have to turn them into plowshares first.” This beautiful sentiment displays the strong predisposition against warfare felt by the Jewish community, itself the historical victims of violence.
This poem also contains the key to unlocking a verse in this week’s Torah portion. “The posts were four; their four sockets were of copper, their hooks of silver; and the overlay of their tops was of silver, as were also their bands,” we read in Exodus 38:19. Why silver and copper and not a more durable, lasting metal? In addition to their natural beauty, we are taught that these metals were used in construction of the Mishkan due to their unsuitability for weaponry. Our most sacred space itself, in addition to the rituals contained within, are constant reminders of our highest aspiration, that “nation shall not lift up sword against nation nor shall they learn war anymore.”
Rabbi Aaron Meyer