I read an interesting story about Rabbi Benny Eisner that I thought was worth sharing with the English speaking world.
One time Rav Benny arrived at one of the veteran ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods in Jerusalem (Ge'ula or Me'ah She'arim) with an Israeli flag flying from his automobile. Suddenly he noticed that a "holy flock" of local youth was congregating around his car. He got out of the car and asked them, "Tell me, who defeated the Canaanite kings, Joshua or the Holy One, blessed be He?"
The answered him, "For sure, the Holy One, blessed be He!"
He continued to ask, "And who defeated the Greeks, the Hasmoneans or the Holy One, blessed be He?"
They answered, "For sure, the Holy One, blessed be He!"
In the end he asked, "And who defeated the Arabs, the IDF or the Holy One, blessed be He?"
That question confused them a bit!
A Jew's view from the capital of Israel and the future site of the Third Temple, may it speedily be rebuilt.
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