Thoughts on Parashat Shemot
Our people in our homeland are suffering. More than half a million Israelis have been displaced since October 7th forced to abandon their homes and to live in hotels across the country. Some of them were able to return to their homes, some of them are still displaced. Besides more than 1200 innocent civilians murdered in cold blood on that very day, already 509 Israeli soldiers, officers and reservists have been killed in the war with Hamas. All of that means suffering of many many more people. The war, with a possible threat of escalation on the northern front as well, affects everyone who lives in the country.[…]