In Parshat Ki Tavo we read about the blessing and the
admonition. Before the admonition is the blessing that will be bestowed upon us
if we fulfill the commandments.
In Devarim 28:7 we read part of the blessing: “Yiten Hashem
et Oyvecha HaKamim Alecha Nigafim Lifanecha…”, “God shall cause your enemies
who rise up against you to be struck down before you…”
This pasuk was adapted into the Mishaberach L’Chayalei
Tzahal , The prayer for the members of
recite on days that the Torah is read.
Chayalei Tzahal, the Israeli soldiers are truly a blessing
that we must not take for granted. Every day, our soldiers put their lives on
the line to make sure that we are safe.
Living in
we see soldiers carrying guns wherever we go- on the buses and trains, in the
street, in shul and in the supermarket. The soldiers are both men and women,
native Israelis and new immigrants, some are observant, some are traditional
and others call themselves secular. They all have a common goal to protect the
Even after eight years, I am still caught off guard every
time that I see a soldier and I think of how blessed we are to have the Israeli
Defense Force.
Of course, the true blessing will be when we will no longer
have enemies surrounding us looking to attack us from all sides.
