Jewish Pro-Life Foundation Newsletter 8 October 2017 - 18 Tishrei 5778
The Four Kinds of Jews All Began Life as Human Embryos
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The holiday of Sukkot celebrates the abundant protection and provision from HaShem that was bestowed upon the Jews after the Exodus from Egypt during the 40 years of wandering in the desert. Besides being commanded to rejoice in G-d's love and blessings inside the Sukkah, the holiday observance commands us to "take the four kinds," which is a traditional waving of the bound branches of the date palm, the myrtle, and the willow in one hand and the esrog in the other hand. The four kinds are waved in six directions inside the Sukkah, They are also waved in the synagogue at particular times during this week's worship services.
The esrog, the date palm, the
myrtle, and the willow
each symbolizes a particular kind of Jew. The esrog (citron), both tasty and fragrant, is symbolic of the Jew who possesses both
Torah
learning and good deeds.
The lulav (palm branch), which comes from the date palm, is very tasty and represents Jews who excel in Torah learning but not in their performance of
mitzvot.
Hadassim (myrtles), which have a pleasant aroma but lack taste, are symbolic of those Jews who possess good deeds but lack Torah learning.
Aravos (willow branches),
having
neither taste nor fragrance, are symbolic of Jews lacking in both Torah learning
and good deeds. Waved together, these four different kinds of vegetation expresses the unity of the Jewish people - for each Jew has a Jewish soul, identification and connection with HaShem and to all Jewish people everywhere.
Jews of all kinds have different views on the status of the p
re-born
child. Here at the Jewish Pro-Life Foundation we believe that the pre-born is a living entity created through the power of G-d's Divine Method and in His image. We believe that all unborn life, regardless of the circumstances of conception, viability or health status has the G-d given right to grow and be born and to seek and do the Divine will on Earth. In this era of Neonatal Intensive Care and medical advancements, the few life of the mother exceptions are rarely required, thank G-d. Across the spectrum of opinion to the opposite view, the pre-born is viewed as nonliving, completely expendable, and available for profit seeking investment opportunities within the medical, research, and bio-pharmaceutical industries. In between these two views we find opinions of every persuasion, reflective of how different Jews see Torah, science, politics, civil rights, human rights, history and the future.
All Jews, like all humans, start out in life as a human embryo, that mysteriously exquisite combination of vital cellular DNA, the growth and development of which is possible by a Divine source of power and direction that science cannot duplicate.
Rabbi
Simcha Wasserman
eloquently said....
The Jewish Soul ✡ A Simple Thing ✡ At One With God ✡ In Everything
As born Jews, we are at one with those fragile and vulnerable lives in the womb.
Their life is our life. Their destiny is our destiny. Let's work as one to save them.
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