If Hashem has placed us here, in this chapter of history, then there is an avodah for us here— a mission to fulfill in the darkness while we wait
That instinct is understandable. Jewish history has taught us — painfully — the cost of naivete. Vigilance is a virtue. But today we risk crossing a subtle line: from healthy caution into a posture that shrinks us from within.
More and more, some have begun to live a defensive Judaism — a Judaism of staying small in galus. Be polite so as not to provoke. Keep a low profile. Daven. Say Tehillim. Hope for the best.
It may feel protective in the moment, but over time it weakens something essential. It teaches us to survive galus instead of to serve in galus.
Perhaps it’s time to shift gears — from defense to offense.
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