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Seyfi Shamos begins with the words Veilash Shamos

but a Israel haboi matramah.

And these are the names of the many Israel who are coming to matramah.

The obvious question is, why does the Torah use present tense haboi

who are coming?

Instead of past tense Shaba'u, who came?

After all, the children of Yakov had arrived in Egypt many years earlier.

So why describe them as if they are only arriving now?

So the Sarmagdashim explained that the word haboi is deliberate.

Yakov Avino implanted in his children a mindset for all generations.

When a Jew is in Gaulis, we must never feel like a citizen.

No matter how long we live in exile, we are always just arriving.

Throughout every generation and every exile, a Jew must view himself as a visitor.

Never fully settled, never fully at home.

We should feel as though we just got off the boat.

Normally, the longer a person lives in a place, the stronger their sense of belonging becomes.

At first, they feel like an outsider.

But over time, they acclimate, they adapt the culture, and they begin to feel like they truly belong.

Yakov Avino taught us just the opposite.

If we constantly feel that we don't belong, we will never try to fully blend it.

We will keep dreaming about our true home.

It's Israel.

That is the message of haboi, present tense.

Even though Yosuf had saved Egypt from Sarmagdashim, and even though Yakov Avino himself,

both blessing that ended the famine, the Torah still describes Kali Israel as a boi.

Despite their prominence and success, they always felt like strangers in a strange land.

Khazal tells us that Kali Israel was Zoi Khatoghullah because they did not change their names or their language or their manner of dress.

These are usually the first things that an immigrant demands when trying to fit in.

Yakov Avino made it clear to his children.

Gholus is not home.

There is a powerful story that illustrates this idea.

A man living in Israel won't approach the bells of Rebbe.

And he explained that he is struggling financially, his business was failing,

and he had an opportunity to move overseas where there was great demand for his product.

So he asked the Rebbe for a brother to be successful.

And the Rebbe gave him a brother, and he showed him he would be successful in that other land.

Before the man left, the Rebbe asked him to write to him every few months and report how things were going.

The Khazal operated his family and reestablished his business abroad.

Almost immediately, he experienced tremendous financial success.

He wrote to the Rebbe describing how well he was doing materially.

But he added that the spiritual environment of the town was very weak,

and he was greatly distressed because of it.

And the Rebbe responded, stay there, and he gave him another brother.

Several months later, the Khazal brought again.

The letter was nearly identical.

Business was flourishing, but spiritually, the place was very troubling.

And again, the Rebbe replied, continue.

A year later, the Khazal wrote a third letter.

But this time, the tone of the letter changed.

There was no anxiety, no distress.

Rebbe wrote, business is wonderful.

And I've even adjusted to the spiritual situation over here.

And the Rebbe replied, pack up your belongings immediately and return home.

The Rebbe later explained, as long as you felt how boring that your stranger, you were alert.

Your discomfort protected you.

You know that this was temporary, and you were spiritually unguarded.

But the moment you felt comfortable, the moment you no longer sense danger,

the moment you began to feel at home, that is when Gullahs becomes the Indra.

And that is when it is time to come home.

History teaches us the same lesson.

Whenever Khazal begins to feel too comfortable in Gullahs,

Hashem sends us reminders, sometimes painful ones, that this is not our home.

Those reminders are meant to awaken our longing for Messiah and for our return to the Promised Land.

In recent years, rising anti-Semitism around the world has pushed many Jews to reconsider with their truly belong,

prompting renewed aliyah and re-earning for its Israel.

And when periods of calm return when Jews begin to relax and feel secure again,

history shows us how quickly that sense of comfort can be shaken.

When the United States elected Donald Trump, a well-known friend of Israel and the Jewish people,

many Jews felt the sense of relief.

There was a feeling of security and stability and comfort.

People got to relax.

So now Hashem sent us a mayor in New York City that is the ultimate anti-Semite and a hater of Jews.

The message of our bomb is eternal.

We may live in Gullahs, we may succeed in Gullahs, but we must never belong to Gullahs.

The Jew must always feel I'm just passing through.

My home is elsewhere.

And until we return there, we live with faith, and vigilance, and longing.

Waiting for the day when her bomb finally becomes Hashem.

Those who have come back home, and now we know, have a wonderful day.