Q:
When we see how the present government in Israel has appointed ministers of religions and of education who are so anti religious and they’re trying to wipe out every vestige of Torah, could we possibly think that Hashem will not do anything about it?
A:
Could we think Hakodosh Boruch Hu will be silent when He sees that the resha’im are trying to wipe out the Torah in the Eretz Yisroel?
The answer is, He’s not silent. That’s why there are terrorists.
It’s a big mistake to read the newspapers and think that it’s the result of the Arabs not wanting to make peace; that they didn’t want the treaty and they want to have the Jews out of Eretz Yisroel. No. The terrorists are sent by Hakadosh Baruch Hu as a puraniyos on the Labor Party, on the apikorsim, on those who are trying to teach Jewish children immorality in the public schools, on the atheists. That’s what the terrorists come from. No question, Hakadosh Baruch Hu is punishing the people in Eretz Yisroel.
Of course, the puraniyos which come because of the kotzim, the thorns, also affects the gadish, the good grain. The Gemara (Bava Kama 60a) says that. ונאכל גדיש או קוצים – just because of the thorns, the good ones also suffered to some extent. But there’s no question, we should never forget that any act of terror against the people in Eretz Yisroel is nothing but the result of the sins of the Jews in Eretz Yisroel. Don’t make any mistake about it.
TAPE # E-31 (October 1995)
