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In Which 2020 Did You Live?

Op-ed by Rabbi Sholom Moshe Paltiel: Never before in my adult life do I recall anywhere near the polarized political environment we are experiencing currently. It's time to ask, in which 2020 did we live? Full Story

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well said
October 28, 2020 12:52 am

Well said “Think good it will be good “Have a great day!!!!!!

Love it
October 28, 2020 12:57 am

Let’s read this again and again!

BREATH OF FRESH AIR
October 28, 2020 1:13 am

Thank you for this uplifting article and refocusing our energy on what really matters.
Your positive words of encouragement are really needed in these times when all we hear is negativity.

Well written
October 28, 2020 1:14 am

Very well written.

Our intense polarization is a product of uncertainty. In a world rapidly changing as a result of technological advancement, novel viruses spreading like wildfire, and economies seesawing with abandon, retreating to the safety of false certainty has become our safe space.

Unfortunately, todays modern day carnival barkers have cynically exploited all of this uncertainty to pit people against each other with their political Color War.
Red team good! Blue team bad!

Don’t fall for it.

Amazing!
Reply to  Well written
October 28, 2020 5:58 am

Your self blindness is unbelievable. What about the blue team good red team bad folk, no need to point them out? The left compares everyone they don’t like to hit ler… did you ever see the right so that to Obama? I remember when they started doing it to Bush and I thought it was ridiculous, long term it helped them solidify their hate. The left wants to shut down voices they don’t agree with while supporting a group called anti fascists… the irony is overwhelming. Your comment would have been so much better had it been free of bias,… Read more »

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Lol
Reply to  Amazing!
October 28, 2020 9:55 am

Ah the right famously never compared Obama to Hitler. Just goldfish memory here.

Missed the Point
Reply to  Amazing!
October 28, 2020 9:59 am

Missed the point. Your intense polarization failed to let you see the commenter was just using it as an example. The other example would be just as effective.

Thank you
October 28, 2020 1:28 am

Beautifully expressed! With toichen

Wishful thinking
October 28, 2020 1:34 am

I would love to believe that all will be fine, no matter who wins. HaShem is in charge! Yet I witnessed firsthand the attempt (and some success) at harm the Biden supporters had at the Jews4Trump car parade. As I drove in the parade, my car was struck multiple times with eggs and rocks! My windshield was chipped (thankfully not smashed) and my car dented from the assault. No arrests, no penalties. Now that violence is legal, I guess I should just sit back and watch.

Worrying is valid
Reply to  Wishful thinking
October 28, 2020 7:52 am

His point is not that there is nothing to worry about, it makes sense to be concerned. Rather that our worrying will not change reality in a positive way. Think positive, trust in the One above, and all will be better in your personal life with less anxiety.
If you have something practical you can do to help the situation, do that too. But worrying – no.

Tracht Gut!
October 28, 2020 2:01 am

I enjoyed reading your very well written letter at 2 a.m. and now Im going to have a good nights sleep.
Thank you Yasher Koach Rabbi Paltiel!

MAGA
October 28, 2020 2:07 am

#TRUMP2020

wonderful
October 28, 2020 2:52 am

a breath of fresh air

Wow!
October 28, 2020 5:15 am

Exactly what I need to hear!

Heshy
October 28, 2020 8:27 am

How can any frum Jew laud and praise Ruth Ginsberg. She supported the murder of hundreds of thousands of babies. Would you be raise a friendly cultured Nazi who ordered babies murdered. She supported same gender marriage which brought upon the world Noachs flood. Shame shame shame on any yid who does not vote Trump

Thank you!
Reply to  Heshy
October 28, 2020 9:57 am

Looks like you missed the point of the entire article. Look up from your bubble, take a deep breath and realize that there are things more important than politics. (Also Halachicly, abortion is not murder. It has a different legal definition. While not allowed “on demand”, there are many instances where it is not only recommended but required for the health of the mother. Being allowed legal access to abortion when called for by Torah is a GOOD thing. We don’t let women die from pregnancy like in other countries where abortion is illegal. This also doesn’t mean we support… Read more »

Abortion is murder
Reply to  Thank you!
October 28, 2020 12:57 pm

For a ben noach abortion is murder and in most cases for a jew its murder as well.
People going for abortion are not asking a rabbi if its ok. Ruth ginsburg had rulings totally against halacha and would have had more if she stayed on. She should have just retired. This election determines the fate of the usa and the world. If biden wins you know it wont be safe to stay in usa. The rebbe spoke of the importance of voting

The lies
Reply to  Thank you!
October 28, 2020 1:39 pm

There are exactly zero countries that would let the mom die because they didn’t allow abortions.

Think how silly that is since the baby would die as well.

Sanhedrin 57b
Reply to  Thank you!
October 28, 2020 5:33 pm

Learn that and R Moshe Feinstein referred to abortion as shfichas damim

Disagree
Reply to  Heshy
October 28, 2020 10:53 am

While the term “paying tribute” to Ruth Ginsburg might be pushing it in my opinion, it is still appropriate to learn a lesson from a good quality she possessed. איזהו חכם הלומד מכל אדם

RABBI MEIR KAHANE
October 28, 2020 9:07 am

TRACHT GUT VET ZEIN GUT
TRUMP 2020!!
4 MORE YEARS

Ari
October 28, 2020 9:16 am

Great article Rabbi Paltiel, thank you!

Slight correction; the Rebbe note addresses the great blessings connoted in the order of the 2 letters פ”א, versus the same 2 lettes written in the reverse order, the note does not deal with a specific year nor any prediction.

With G-d’s help, this year of פ”א should a great year, the greatest year, with the coming of Moshiach now!

Berel
October 28, 2020 9:43 am

Another one let’s get along one. We don’t live in a polarized environment. We live with an increasingly ascendant revolutionary left wing movement who brooks no disagreement and is willing to do anything to advance their program. They ARE the ones who removed the senate filibuster for judicial appointments and they ARE the ones who are advocating for the destruction of one of our 3 branches of Government, particularly the only one that protects the people from Government overreach. They ARE the ones rioting in the streets and beating and sometimes murdering people on the other side of the political… Read more »

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Excellent points, Berel
Reply to  Berel
October 28, 2020 12:31 pm

The reality here should be clear to our esteemed elder Chassidim who escaped from Communist Russia. The program and behavior of the “progressive” Marxist Left in the United States is no different than the same program and behavior before and during the Russian revolution…and would have the same result, chas v’sholom. It has been “Americanized” only in words — to make it more acceptable, the better to deceive.

Well said!
October 28, 2020 11:10 am

If Biden wins, that’s what G-d wants. Moshiach is coming. Get ready

Yup
Reply to  Well said!
October 28, 2020 1:07 pm

That’s what I said when trump won

Chaim
October 28, 2020 12:18 pm

Please share more often.
Super powerfull!

yyf
October 28, 2020 8:39 pm

Thank you, thank you Rabbi Paltiel for putting this into words and sharing!

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