Anti-Semitism and the Jewish Spark - Rabbi Akiva Fox

think about for a second there's a term that I I don't like called anti-semite now the reason I don't like it is because I don't know what a Semite is sounds like some sort of bug you never introduced yourself when you say hi I'm a Semite what are you or I'm somatic what are you is there such a thing as a pro semi door only an anti-semite sounds like you would walk into a drugstore asking for the anti-semite spritz so you could get rid of all the Semites that are crawling around in your house and in truth there are some people and there are many people and some nations that have looked at the Jewish people as a problem as a difficulty as a certain parasite that indeed they would wish to get rid of by spraying some anti-semite spritz but we still exist we're still here and we face the world and we snob them and we defy them and we're here anyways what is it what is it that makes people anti-semitic what is it that if somebody finds out that you're Jewish all of a sudden your relationship is terminated what is it about the Jew that brings out animosity okay he shares a different belief than you I understand you know what there are many religions in the world and they all share different beliefs than you there is Buddhism there's Christianity there's Muslims there's atheists there's cults so what is it about the Jew that brings out anti-semitism it's not the big nose I know this for a fact because Pinocchio was very well-liked so if Pinocchio made it then the Jew could make it too so apparently it's not Pinocchio it's not the big nose what is it that makes the Jew hated the answer is not important but understanding that the Jew has something some spark he represents something to the world that some for some reason which possibly cannot be explained that spark elicits anti-semitism animosity hatred discomfort that's enough of a reason to look into yourself and say what is it that I have what am I why is it that when I go through a metal detector all of a sudden it starts beeping I want to discover what I have inside me that triggers this beeping the same thing is with a Jew in the world if for whatever reason there is anti-semitism then we need to look inside ourselves and say what is it about the Jew what is it inside me that I have that people are hating it's nothing to do with the way you act or the way you speak and it has nothing to do with Jews are too powerful or too great or too narcissists this has nothing to do with anything because before Jews had any prominent positions in the world for generations the hatred existed Jews were in the ghetto Jews were not allowed to be social to have any status to have any power and we're talking about in countries across the world the Jew was always the most despised he was always secluded pushed off somewhere in a ghetto and a little Jewish in clay he was not allowed to mix in with the rest of the world and anti-semitism was just as prevalent so what is it it has nothing to do with what we do it has nothing to do with our opinions and has nothing to do with what we say the hatred is real the hatred is something that exists because we are something because we represent something what is it look inside yourself look into who you are look into what you have you have a spark inside you called jus the gamarra tells us that the word seen I from the word hire seen I the Mount Sinai is from the word Cena sinha hatred because when the Torah came down to the world hatred for the Jewish people came down to the world the Torah which is one with the Jewish art brought down a certain amount of animosity why one explanation is because we are the conscience of the world we remind the world that there's a god we remind the world that there's a purpose there's meaning that there is a greater will a divine will for what the world is supposed to be and for what humanity is supposed to be the people of the book the light unto the nations means that people see us and see in us as a representation of the higher will of a certain amount of elevated existence is supposed to happen because of us in us and that's difficult because if you live in the world and you want to chill and you want to live it up in a lawn chair on the beach do what you want do your own thing and all of a sudden somebody passes by who reminds you hey you can't just do what you want because there's a higher goal there's something expected of you there's something wanted from you there's expectation there's deadlines there's a God in the world and he demands something you get very nervous wait a minute i'm chillin I'm on vacation start reminding me of work the Jew is that conscience every time he walks by somebody people have reminders it's like what's that called the subliminal messaging he doesn't even know he says it but the Jew stands for represents the God he represents Hashem and his will and when people see that when people paste that they're not interested they're not excited about it another reason is because the Jew has to be the light in the darkness a Jew is supposed to be living on a higher status on a more elevated level he represents the kingdom of a son he is the Prince of God he cannot in a certain sense submit himself to the lower lowlifes or the lower level of living the way he wants because there's something demanded of him when people see that when people experience that that's not pleasant for them that brings about a certain amount of animosity you know when you read the papers it's interesting you could read a guy about a guy named mark lesser not Jewish and he did something wrong he stole he murdered he didn't give his taxes nothing is written about his religion his beliefs nothing they just say this man did something wrong that's what the papers say when it's a Jew when it says mr. you throw Weiss burgerstein did it all of a sudden it's all over the papers front page Orthodox rabbi course not Orthodox he has a beard wears a kippah by orthodox rabbi must be ordained because he has a beard orthodox rabbi doesn't pay his taxes like why why is that why do people make such a big deal about it if it's a Jew and the answer is because you're supposed to be better than that because we are supposed to be better than that if non-jews if people that hate us know that if that's the cause for a certain amount of animosity because you're supposed to be better you represent something bigger and higher so why don't you live up to it then stop for a second and think if that's what the world looks at me and thinks to themselves that I'm supposed to be better then perhaps I should look into myself and say wait a minute maybe I should be better maybe I should find out what is this all about if the world says that I represent I am an image of God and that in a certain sense brings out a certain amount of uncomfortable discomfort because they say we're not interested in the reminder and I have to ask myself what is it that I have which reminders do I have of God what does God want from me to find out how God exists inside me he wants something from me he died desire something from me and I will learn that I am representative of God I am the son of god i am the Prince of god and the deputy of god in the world that belongs to him you