THE DAY ISRAEL FIRST BECAME A NATION – THE DAY AMERICA WEPT:
It Was Five Was 5,787 Years Ago Tomorrow When Israel Was Born.
ONE CAN FORGET NEITHER . . . MEMORY IS WHAT KEEPS US WHOLE:
It Will Be Twenty-Five Years Ago Tomorrow When Islam Shattered The Peace Of America.
Yesterday . . . Anne, The Boys & I Drove to Montreal to Do Some Kosher Shopping. We are Not Religious People . . . But Tomorrow is the Jewish Celebration of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, Celebrating 5,787 Years Of Jewish Religious & National Continuity In The Land Of Israel, To Which Much (Most) Of The World Claims Israel Has No Right.
THERE IS NO NATION CALLED PALESTINE – THERE NEVER WAS:
For The Arab People Who Call Themselves Palestinians . . . Their Claim of Nationality, National Land Possession & Government Continuity Falls Upon Ignorant and or Jew Hating Ears.
I Am Not Going To Debate The Authenticity Of The Arabs Who Call Themselves Palestinians, since it is a Debate Mired in Lies Generated through Decades of Propaganda.
I Don’t Have To Debate The Legitimacy Of Israel & The Jewish People, since Multiple Scriptures, the Torah, the Talmud, Old & New Testaments, Historical Documents and a Treasure Trove of Archeology – Not just Confirms the History of Judaism throughout the Middle East . . . But In Actuality, Enhances Judaism’s Middle East Validity.
SO LET ME GET RIGHT TO-IT:
Yesterday . . . We Went to Montreal to Buy all the Food Products I will Need to Prepare a Kosher Supper in the Jewish Tradition . . . to Celebrate the Coming of a Another Jewish New Year, In-Spite Of The Thousands Of Years The World Tried To End Our Jewish Existence.
We Are Not Religious People . . . But in Honor to our Heritage and the Morality Judaism Stands for, which Has Become the Global Standard of Freedoms, as are Told through the Torah & Judeo/Christian Values . . . I Will Never Take A Knee Against The Legacy Of Judaism’s 5,787-Year-Old-History.
Anne & I Light Shabatt Candles Every Friday, Just Before the Sun Sets, to Welcome the Jewish Sabbath & Give Thanks for all We Have. And on Chanukah, we Light our Menorah for the Eight Full Days Representing our Freedoms Won by the Maccabees over the Greek/Syrians (Seleucids) . . . Over Two Thousand Years Ago.
But Tomorrow Night . . . As The Sun Sets – Begins the Feast & Celebration of Rosh Hashanah and the Remembrance of the Day When America Suffered its Worst Foreign Attack on American Soil.
We Will Remember The Most Recent Attack On The Soul Of Israel & Judaism On October 7, 2023 . . . When the Israelis Rallied Like the Maccabees of Old, to Deliver a Blow the Arab/Moslem World Didn’t Imagine to be Possible.
We Will Celebrate Our Jewish Resilience To The Global Threats Of Anti-Semitism Worldwide . . . And Give Thanks that we are Not Alone as we Have Been for the Past Thousands of Years.
TOMORROW NIGHT – WE JEWS WILL FEAST:
In a Jewish Tradition that Might Be North America-Wide, or even World-Wide, with a Degree of Humor & Meaning . . . The Host of the Feast Says After the Blessings in Hebrew, He Raises a Glass of Wine . . . “They Came. They Tried To Kill Us. We Lived . . . Let’s Eat”.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO – ANNE & I BEGAN TO FLY THE STARS & STRIPES:
Never Forget . . . Never Forgive – Always Remember!
Literally, Moments After The Second Tower Came-Down, News of the Strike at the Pentagon, and the Flight that was Downed by Brave & Proud American Patriots, who Chose to Fight over the Skies of Shanksville Pennsylvania . . . I Went In Search Of The Stars & Stripes To Always Fly Wherever Our Maple Leaf Flag Flew . . . And Always In Our Continuous Possession.
WE HAVE GREAT REASON TO REMEMBER & CELEBRATE TOMORROW:
We Have Proven To Ourselves & To The World . . . That we Jews, Americans & Israelis will Not be Cowed, Cannot be Defeated . . . and from our Torment – We Rise Better & Stronger Than Before.
SHANA TOVA . . . HAPPY NEW YEAR!
To All My Jewish Friends & Relatives . . . And to all our Christian & Non-Jewish Friends, We Wish you all, In The Tradition Of Rosh Hashanah . . . A Happy, Healthy & Sweet New Year.
AM YISROEL CHAI . . . GOD BLESS AMERICA:
Best Regards . . . Howard Galganov
14 Comments
Thank you for your good wishes. I wish you and Anne a sweet new year too! Ron
And say a prayer for Canada also.
Shana Tova to all of you. Huggsess
שָׁנָה טוֹבָה וּמְתוּקָה Happy New Year
Your sensible world views and your staunch defense of Judaism are always treats to read. A Happy New Year to Jews everywhere!
Shana Tova to you and Anne.
Shana Tova Howard and Anne! God bless you.
Shana Tova. Thank you for the posting. Bless you both
You are always a bright spot in my day, and a beacon of knowledge and observation. God Bless you in your celebrations this week.
May you always be welcome in the USA!
Shalom H&A. Happy Rosh Hashanah 5787. May your new year be filled with happiness, joy, and full of blessings. Be safe. Send the goat jockeys back to the land they came from. There is no such thing as a peaceful moderate muslim. Only invader terrorists!!! Am Yisrael Chai! Od Avinu Chai!! From the river to the sea, Israel will be free forever!!!!
L’shannah Tovah to you & yours & a sweet Happy New year to everyone. We do have a shared reason to celebrate tomorrow. We stand together with all who have faced tremendous tragedy like the awful recent horrendous killings and hostage taking of innocent Jews on October 7th and the death of too many innocents in the two NYC Trade Towers by similar hatefilled Arabs. We celebrate despite these horrendous events, & we stand tall & strong continuing our traditions, praying for a better future.
Shana tova to you, Anne, your dogs, and most of your readers.
Happy and Healthy New Year. I am hoping that your recently fractured hip/femur is healing well and is less painful every day. I too will be in the Montreal shtetl for RH and YK seeing friends from CSL/ Hampstead/TMR/ Westmount/ and Ville St. Laurent (where I grew up). Have you tried the Babaganoush from Snowdon Deli? Incredible.