The time you spent travelling across southern Russia with the children, living among the religious Jews of that region, affected you greatly. Religion, which had previously not been important to you, is now your major interest. The power of Judaism has become a major force in your life.
When you reach the holy city of Jerusalem, you enter the very
Orthodox section called Mea Shearim
and enroll in one of the many
Orthodox yeshivot which are located there. During the next few
years, you study and think. You come to believe that another
Holocaust will never happen if Jews remain faithful to their covenant
with Hashem. Every Yom Kippur when you pray Ashamnu,
bagadnu,
We have sinned and we have rebelled, your heart is filled
with sadness. The penalty for disobedience was heavy, the price high,
but you have learned the lesson: The only way to protect the Jewish
people is loyalty to the Torah and the commandments.
The people at your yeshivah already agree with you, and you decide that the greatest mitzvah is to persuade no-observant Jews to change their ways. You and a few others establish a new school called the Diaspora Yeshivah and search for students who will return to traditional Jewish ways. Many Jewish young people from all over the world study in your school, and you feel a great sense of satisfaction because you are sure that you are carrying out the will of Hashem.
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