If you don’t cry, who will?

A little over 2 years ago, when I was starting my Teshuva, I read an article on Aish.com that really affected me. The article, written by Chezi Goldberg, called “If you don’t cry, who will?”. It was written just after a horrible triple bombing in Jerusalem.

The article asked the question, why are all Jews not brought to tears after every attack? How can we expect other to be outraged by what’s happening, if we are not outraged ourselves. The Talmud teaches that for every tear that’s shed, a drop of blood is spared. If we would all cry, think of all the blood that would be saved.

The authour, Chezi Goldberg, was born and raised in Toronto, and moved to Israel 15 years ago to work as a counsellor for Adolescents and Families at Risk. Chezi Goldberg was tragically murdered in the bus bombing on Jan 29th. G-d willing, some blood will be spared because of the tears I shed upon hearing that.

His article closes with “King Solomon said, ‘There is a time for everything.’ Now is the time for crying. May God protect each and every one of us from our enemies so that we will not have to cry in the future.