וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם עִבְרִ֣י אָנֹ֑כִי וְאֶת־יְהוָ֞ה אֱלֹהֵ֤י הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ אֲנִ֣י יָרֵ֔א אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֥ה אֶת־הַיָּ֖ם וְאֶת־הַיַּבָּשָֽׁה׃
Lalu ia berkata kepada mereka, “Aku orang Ibrani, dan aku takut akan Yang Mahakekal, Allah langit, yang menjadikan laut dan daratan.”
Ma'amar Tzipita LeYeshuah
Because of our many sins, in many areas, the faith has visibly collapsed, so that from youth, many Jewish children are cut off from learning the Torah of HaShem-יהו"ה, a phenomenon that never happened in previous times. Now, if we properly examine why this is, we will find several matters, but the main reason is the weakening of the faith. Faith in an eternal afterlife, in reward and punishment, in the coming of Moshiach,1See the Rambam’s introduction to Mishnah Sanhedrin, Perek Chelek and elsewhere. and all the other prophecies of Torah, has given the Jewish people the fortitude throughout the generations, to bear all trials and tribulations and stand firmly with self-sacrifice, whether their own or the self-sacrifice of their children, for their faith in HaShem-יהו"ה, in that it was better in the eyes of Jewish parents to see their child slaughtered before their very eyes for the sanctification of HaShem’s-יהו"ה Name, thus returning his soul to God in heaven in purity, rather than to see him basking in affluence, but perverting his path from the ways of Torah and mitzvot.