How many days did it take the IDF to defeat the Egyptian, Syrian and Jordanian armies in the six-day war?
Yes, in just six days Israel utterly demolished these powerful armies, who were armed to the gills with guns, tanks and airplanes.
For how many days has the current violence lasted? 63!
And what is the primary choice of weapon? Knives.
So, let’s get this straight: Israel knows how to obliterate entire armies with the odds exponentially stacked against them, but they cannot defeat a bunch of people armed with knives?
We can’t help but wonder how that is possible.
But there is something different about this war. It is a war of individuals. A war where the enemy is not clear. The current violence is being perpetuated by individuals, who may be riled up from watching an anti-Semitic YouTube channel or reading a Facebook post about hurting Jews, who then take matters into their own hands and stab any Jews they can find.
This makes it virtually impossible for the Israeli army to track. There is no intelligence because it is not organized and pre-planned. No one knows when or where the next attack will take place.
Individuals armed with knives have managed to terrorize an entire country.
But if an individual armed with a knife can wreak such havoc, imagine how much each of us can do with a single good deed. Choose a mitzvah to do, and let it reverberate throughout the universe. Watch an inspiring Torah video, do a mitzvah and let’s see how much spiritual havoc we can wreak upon the world.
With the power of a single good deed we can bring Moshiach!