The relationship between the Jewish People and the other nations is one that is both amazing as well as tragic. On the one hand, anti-Semitism is present around the entire world, and on the other, Jews have always been ready to engage in self-sacrifice on behalf of the rest of the world. In every social revolution that exists in the world, in every national revolution that improves the world there are always Jewish sacrificing their lives for the cause. It is in the very nature of the Jew to be concerned about international matters. There is no other nation as concerned with every other nation and with what goes on in all places. This idea finds expression in the Midrashic statement that on Sukkos seventy bulls were offered in the Bais HaMikdosh on behalf of the seventy nations. Sukkos symbolizes international peace. The Jewish Nation seeks peace with the nations of the world.
On the other hand, the name Har Sinai indicates the mountain which caused sinah, Anti-Semitism. There are many nations which have no interest in finding peace with the Jewish people. The Jews engage in self-sacrifice on behalf of the nations, but they hate us.
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On the other hand, the name Har Sinai indicates the mountain which caused sinah, Anti-Semitism. There are many nations which have no interest in finding peace with the Jewish people. The Jews engage in self-sacrifice on behalf of the nations, but they hate us.
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