Chabad Poway Shooting

BH tonight we count  13 days of sefira . following the custom of learning a  page of talmud  sota each day until shavuout when we recive the Torah anew .  we  study that as  Moshe when on earth stood and served the jewish people  where he continues to  presently serve the jewish people. The same can be said of the Lubavitch Rebbe , his teachings and gudiance.  which is needed today more then ever. This week i watched my former classmate rabbi  goldstein be  broken  cry but yet stronger then ever before .  I watched him in tears  , shot and wounded and thought.  how,  is this act  of terror and jew blood shed  different then those before Gd forbid and protect us .   We have all  unfortanatly  many times before  experinaced anti semitism and viloence  . indeed  this  passover itself,   during the month of miracles ,  nissan no less a jewish  brother and sister where killed in   sri lanka   Another chabad rabbi and his family beaten  badily  in narobi kenya africa. The terror attack and murder in poway . so  what is different ?  world history is full of jew blood spilled rl . tonight we also remmeber  the six million plus jewish kedoshim . so we know and have all experinced some form of hate and anti semitism before . so what has changed ? in reality much has changed not the hate but it is different .  a world of a differance . to explain  BH  by divine providence tonight is also 28 nissan close to 30 years   ago the Rebbe called on this night to all chassidim and jews  to do all they  can do  to bring moshiach . he said he failed and called on us all to bring moshiach and bring succes to his works. Now  lets think about this and His call. So what is different tonight today now ?  one might think our age is differant  because Gd has miracolusly returned to us  our holy  land  of  yisroel after close to two thousand years . we have seen how   Gd has fought our  battles and won our wars with open miracles .   We too now have a place of refuge to run to and we are accepted  as jews. true . however  I belive there is another oppertunity here  as well .  That which the Rebbe taught and fortold  many years ago. The Rebbe said that in our age of free speech and equaliy we have the obligation to follow jewish law taught to us by the rambam to  educate the world of Gds existance and Hie  commandments. Today in the USA thank you Gd , we have the  freedom to practice judiasm openly and are respected even more for it. Today we  have the freedom to speak freely and educate others and  to tell and teach the  world the truth of Torah and are obligated by jewish law to do so.  Why have we been given this freedom ? For business snd career ? For the right to vote ? Or is it something much bigger ? It is something global . it is Gd telling us we are the age that is immaifdate   precceeding the coming  of  moshiach . we jews today can  do more then be victims Gd forbid. But be  warriors of light and  the battle plan is to educate.  as rabbi goldstein qouted the Rebbe again and again this week .  light means education and explain the eternal truths . To educate  the world of Gd. His  Torah,  to  prayer to Him to be kind to one another  other and act respectfully . by observing Gd laws ,  Jews 613 the gentiles 7 . and all of us can do this we change the world. To increase  acts of kindness . In the past all we could do is weep and mourn  tragedy. Or at the very best fight back with arms . today before moshiach comes we are given the unique ability   to educate and change the world for better. Today the best  way to gain respect is being a jew openly . the  way each of us can protect , beside of course security , is being a power of goodness. Many discuss politics and poilcey and how to change the world globaly  but lets rather focus on what is reall what all can do. Go to shull attend a class invite a friend be kind improve yourself put on tiffilin if ur a man , light shabbos candles if your a women even girls  the age of 3. Give charity reach out to another . where your kipa proudly and tzitz . in conclusion  we pray for the elvation of the soul of all the 6 milion leah bas revan lori kaye ah hyd for a speedily recovery for rabbi goldstein yisroel ben chana priva   to the kaye family and the chabad of poway family and all of klal yisroel  . that we can change the world begining with our self and immediate surrounding first and prepare the world and hasten the coming of and for  moshiach now. On this night we cry out and we did with the Rebbe ,  to Gd  enough is enough ,  we will not take it any more take us out of golus and bring moshiach now ! Zg healthy summer !