Soul (Avrohom) and body (Exodus from Egypt) and the birth of a nation (5778/ 2018).

A talk given in Minnesota on the meaning of the Jewish people. The Jewish Soul relates back to Avrohom Avinu. The Jewish Body relates to the time the Jewish people left Egypt, crossed the Yam Suf, received the Torah, and were Chosen. A nation is צבו”ר= צדיקים בינונים ורשעים. A nation means even the worst member is a complete member, This is what G-d wants: a people. Vladimir Posner: a Jew cannot be defined by any social criteria. Because we are our Neshama! Ask our Enemies: Hitler: because Jews are weak and create weakness in the world through their compassion and kindness. Stalin: because Jews are revolutionaries and they couldn’t be controlled. This is a dichotomy; and the TRUTH of what a JEW is lies here. But the TRUTH of the Jew requires both of these; and when a Jew is busy only with one of these poles (in a Polar way) he is sick.