Sunday, October 25, 2015


    The mitzvah that I can relate to in my life right now is to love your neighbor like yourself. This means that you should love everyone and care for everyone like you love and care for yourself. Despite the differences between you and your neighbor, it is important to treat them kindly. You shouldn't slander against your neighbor, steal from your neighbor, and help your neighbor if they are in need. Specifically, in my own life now, this mitzvah is so important to follow. Living with three other girls in one room proves to be difficult. Sometimes we are in each other's way and we are a little too loud at night, but we have to remember to be respectful to each other and each other's things.  How we treat each other can dictate our experience, here on EIE. The way I can personally follow this Mitzvah is to keep calm and be flexible. If my roommates and I do not agree on something having to do with our living arrangements, I know I have to just be flexible and take all of their needs in to account. This way, all of us are happy, which is the goal of following this mitzvah.
    This mitzvah is an important mitzvah for Jews, especially in Israel, to follow, right now. All around Kibbutz Tzuba we can see multiple areas that have a majority of Muslims living in them. Everyday, their are more and more attacks between Muslims and Jews. Although internationally, Israel and its neighbors do not care for each other, it is important that within Israel we keep the peace within the Muslim and Jews. The relationship we have with Ein Raffa is a perfect example. We are on good terms with Ein Raffa, even though their beliefs are so different than ours.
    The picture I took showed a little bit of my view from my room at Tzuba. From Tzuba I can see the Muslim villages surrounding us. Although other Muslim groups that are extremists are terrifying to even hear about, I feel totally comfortable living so close to these peaceful groups of people. This picture represents how the Jews can and should value this mitzvah. As long as we are respectful to each other we can get along peaceful.

2 comments:

  1. I really like the connection you made with Ein Rafa. It is a very good example to use in this situation. This also works with what is going on around Israel. While the majority of Israelis are becoming more paranoid around Arabs, we are living peacefully next to them and we see them working side by side with the Israelis at Tzuba.

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  2. A lot of what you said had a lot of truth. It is so important to stress this mitzvoth more then ever with the recent wave of terrorism. If we do not i believe we will not respect the people and start alienating the people who we can not trust. When we no longer look at them as an equal we start sinking to their level and we are no longer the people we used to be

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