All this is unacceptable, and is a perversion of how mankind was meant to live
The mudslinging season known as the presidential election is upon us. As passions intensify, we will discover new frontiers of vilification and defamation. One candidate will be portrayed as somnolent and comatose, and the other will be portrayed as a congenital liar and con man. And on next January 20, one of them will become the leader of the free world. It’s enough to cause us to daven with even greater kavanah….
Perhaps, in order to preserve our sanity in these critical times, it is best to view the election season as an entertaining circus that should not distract us from more serious matters. Therefore, I will toss some calm sobriety into the raging maelstrom, a simple idea that goes beyond partisan politics and that — before you jump to conclusions — is neither anti nor pro any one candidate or party. Rather, it is pro-Torah and pro-sanctity.
Jews today are beset by many issues: Merubim tzarchei amcha (Berachos 29b) — increased anti-Semitism around the world, openly anti-Semitic members of the US Congress, the need for funding for Jewish education, communal security against the thugs who would harm Jews and our institutions, continued support for the State of Israel.
But overriding all else is a peril of which many of us are not aware; i.e., that shameless immorality, dishonesty, lawlessness, and G-dlessness are so very common that one can easily become inured to such behavior and accept it as normal.
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