Give Me The Power!

Wow what a day, what a day. Kinos at Aish were really meaningful this morning. To my pleasant surprise, I turned around in the middle of the davening and bumped into my good friend from Bat Ayin, Aryeh Zehavi (he is also a teacher at Machon Gold). So we sat and said kinnos and listened to the Rebbe talk about Tisha B'av. The one thing that sticks out in my mind was when the Rebbe mentioned the idea that in our present state in the diaspora, we have forgotten who we are. We listen to the news and hear so many condemnations from the nations of the world and we feel very much on the defense. All the more so, the way Jews have been treated throughout the ages in many ways with less respect then animals (I don’t think I have to elaborate OY!). The truth though, is that we are the princes and princesses of the King. We were chosen to be His representatives and are empowered with bringing His light to the world. We are not some small little nothing to be pushed around. We are Bnei Melachim. I will never forget when I was learning with Rav Yoel Likkutei Moharan where Reb Nachman(RABEINU!! YEEHAAW!) says that a Jew needs to have the strength to rule over the angels. I asked Rav Yoel, Rebbi, how is that possible? We would need to have so much strength? Rav Yoel explained to me that the problem is that most people don’t really know what a Jew is and what strength we have. Our souls come from mamish the highest places yet we still look down upon ourselves. If we realize who we are and where we come from we could conquer the Angels.

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