BROTHER, WHY MUST YOU HATE ME

A young boy is walking alongside his elder brother, who fails to notice the looks of malice thrown in their direction... The young "dati," religious Jewish boy mutedly screams from the depths of his soul, his seething rage rising from within and spreading throughout his body...

Why must you hate me, oh Brother of mine? Do you not realize we share the same hopes? The same dreams? What has the world come to, that one Jew should hate another? It will not bring Redemption any faster! On the contrary, hatred inevitably brought about the Temple's destruction!

Know that I love you. Despite all the hatred you harbor within. Dig deep inside of you. You and I... we are not so different. We both originate from One Creator, of whom there is a special spark instilled in our beings. Eternally; forever, and ever, and evermore.

Why must you hate me, dear Brother of mine? See how I love you. I long to reach out to you, to feel embraced in return. Is there not enough hatred existing in the world at large? Must there be even more hatred in our own little worlds? I can feel it. I can smell it. Can't you?

Let us show the world that we can rebuild the Temple through love, and not prolong its reconstruction by our own selfish prejudices. Let us no longer hate. Rather, let us retalliate by battling this hatred with limitless loving kindness.

May we all love once more. Amen.