Exile

A moving post by Noa Yaron-Dayan on her Facebook page yesterday, Rosh Chodesh Av, received thousands of likes and comments. "It seems as though chaos and darkness have reached the abyss, and where is the spirit of Hashem? Are you truly hovering over the waters? In the midst of exile, it's so hard to believe that redemption will come. This is the exile itself, my personal distance from the faith that my comforts are on the way," she writes.

Recent events stir our thoughts on the suffering of exile, from its inception to today, returning us to an enduring historical message. The Jewish people are a historical wonder—a people who've maintained their unique identity from Mount Sinai to the present, for 3,300 years. Unlike other nations, our reality as a people is directed by Hashem, a result of our actions. We've chosen life.

Unraveling the story behind a Catholic statue in Prague with Hebrew words "Holy, Holy, Holy is Hashem of Hosts" inscribed.