RABBI ARUSH RABBI BRODY ZEV BALLEN Emuna and Unity

“And an angel of Hashem said to her (Hagar), “Behold, you will conceive, and give birth to a son; you shall name him Ishmael, for Hashem has heard your prayer. And he shall be a wild-ass of a man: his hand against everyone and everyone’s hand against him…” (Genesis 16:11-12) Rav Shalom Arush asked the entire Yeshiva student body recently to pray a six-hour hisbodedus for Jews of all kinds - everywhere – to be united under Hashem’s loving authority. This, said Rav Arush, will reverse the severe Heavenly decree that is currently hovering over our heads. Rav Arush specifically mentioned the Third Intifada page, created by the “Palestinian Authority” which has been banned by Facebook. This page was calling for the destruction of the State of Israel and encouraging the gathering of millions of Muslims to invade Israel’s borders on May 15, 2011. Once the page was removed from Facebook, additional pages with the same call to action have been posted. Since their creation, these Facebook pages have gathered hundreds of thousands of “Likes,” with similar pages gathering over 3,000,000 votes of support. Rav Arush went on to say that it is our own “murderous” (angry, violent, speech and gossiping) with our wives, children and each other that has brought about Hashem’s recent wake up calls