~One Hundred Words on Shabbos Nachamu

At a speech that Rav Pam gave at a dinner for his Israeli Educational Network, Shuvu, he cited a pasuk in this week’s haftara. The navi says, פנו דרך ה' – “Clear the way for Hashem” – so that He can come back to His land and His people. There is no greater obstacle to Hashem returning His shechina than the secular education in Israel. It is producing students who are ignorant and even hateful towards religion. Our task is to clear the way for Hashem by removing the children from harmful education and placing them in Torah schools.