ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Wednesday, 25 Sivan, 5783 June 14, 2023
ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Wednesday, 25 Sivan, 5783 June 14, 2023
Among the millions of Jews cruelly killed by the Romans were the "Ten Martyrs"--all great sages and leaders of Israel--memorialized in a special prayer recited on Yom Kippur. Three of them--Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel, Rabbi Yishmael ben Elisha and Rabbi Chanina S'gan Hakohanim--were killed on Sivan 25.
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The Ten Martyrs
Egyptian representatives appeared in the court of Alexander the Great, demanding that the Jews pay restitution for all the Egyptian gold and silver they took along with them during the Exodus. Geviha the son of Pesisa, a simple but wise Jew, requested the sages' permission to present a defense on behalf of the Jews.
Geviha asked the Egyptians for evidence that the Jews absconded with their wealth. "The crime is clearly recorded in your Torah," the Egyptians gleefully responded.
"In that case," Geviha said, "the Torah also says that 600,000 Jews were unjustly enslaved by the Egyptians for many, many years. So first let us calculate how much you owe us..."
The court granted the Egyptians three days in which to prepare a response. When they were unable to do so they fled on the following day and never returned.
In Talmudic times, the day when the Egyptian delegation fled was celebrated as a mini-holiday.
(According to some traditions, this event took place on Nissan 24.)
When Moses saw the thirteen modalities by which divine compassion enters our world, he fell on his face.
Why did he fall on his face? Which modality struck him so deeply?
Compassion? Loving-kindness? Patience?
He saw the modality of truth. And he fell on his face.
(Talmud, Sanhedrin 111a.)
What is your divine mission in life? It is to be authentic.
Not simply that you must perform your mission in life with sincerity.
Sincerity itself is your mission.
Be real. All the way down to your fingernails, be real.
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