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49: Ozer Yisrael BiGevura - Part I - אוזר ישראל בגבורה: “G” is for Gevura, “G” is for Growing

Hold fast to this promise: that no matter how hard times are, it is only an expression of our being held tighter. It grows us up, not out, and makes us different people.

“You hold me tight, God; I’ll hold tight to You.”

48: Holding Fast in Times of Pain

״הוֹי כִּי גָדוֹל הַיּוֹם הַהוּא מֵאַיִן כָּמֹהוּ וְעֵת צָרָה הִיא לְיַעֲקֹב וּמִמֶּנָּה יִוָּשֵׁעַ.״ --ירמיהו ל:ז

"Alas! for that day is great, such that none is like it; And it is a time of pain for Jacob, and out of it shall he be saved"

“Look down from Heaven and see how we have become a mockery to and cursed by  the nations. We are considered sheep to be dragged to slaughter; to be killed, destroyed, beaten and humiliated. And with all this, Your Name we have never forgotten — do not You forget us.” (Morning prayers, Tachanun). 

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