Just a week ago we were maybe the most divided and fractured country in the world. Now we are the most unified country in the world. Charedim, Datiim, Chilonim - everybody is hoping for the same things and is filled with care, concern, tfilla and chesed for each other. Incredible what is going on. Many people were threatening not to report for army duty. Now - not a peep. Achdus.
What "judicial reform"?? What's that??
Forgotten!
כתנאי ר' אליעזר אומר אם ישראל עושין תשובה נגאלין ואם לאו אין נגאלין אמר ליה רבי יהושע אם אין עושין תשובה אין נגאלין אלא הקב"ה מעמיד להן מלך שגזרותיו קשות כהמן וישראל עושין תשובה ומחזירן למוטב [סנהדרין צ"ז, ב].
The Gemara notes: This dispute is parallel to a dispute between tanna’im: Rabbi Eliezer says: If the Jewish people repent they are redeemed, and if not they are not redeemed. Rabbi Yehoshua said to him: If they do not repent, will they not be redeemed at all? Rather, the Holy One, Blessed be He, will establish a king for them whose decrees are as harsh as those issued by Haman, and the Jewish people will have no choice but to repent, and this will restore them to the right path.
How sad that we needed חמאס to bring us together - but R' Yehoshua already called it.
