"…if a person takes a bundle of reeds – can he break them at the same time? But if he takes one at a time, even a child can break them. And so you find that the people of Israel will not be redeemed until they are one bundle…" -Midrash Tanhuma (ed. Buber, Nitzavim
This is how we must act. Together, we are an indomitable force. Separate, we are weak and vulnerable. Do not forget you are part of the Jewish people. We stand together as we will on Hanukkah....remembering what happened when long ago we forgot we were one.
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