JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli comedian Guy Hochman announced Saturday evening that he would fully observe the next Shabbat as a call for unity in Israel.
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Next Shabbat is the one directly before Purim. It is traditionally known as Shabbat Zachor, the Shabbat of remembering, due to the special reading of the commandment to wipe out Amalek (Deuteronomy 25:17-19).
“I may not be religious, but I am a very proud Jew, and we all remember, and need to remember, October 7th,” Hochman told his tens of thousands of followers. “Next Shabbat, Shabbat Zachor, the Shabbat of ‘ Remember what Amalek did to you’, directly before Purim – I intend to keep Shabbat for the first time in my life.”
“I am not keeping Shabbat for the Redemption, but for the unity of Israel, and for our heroic soldiers at the front.”
גיא הוכמן קרא לעוקביו לסייע לו להגיע למאה אלף יהודים שישמרו את השבת הבאה לראשונה בחייהם בשביל אחדות ישראל, שלא נשכח מה האויבים שלנו עשו לנו ואת מי הם רצו להשמיד.
“זכור את אשר עשה לך עמלק”.רוח היהודית – הדרך לניצחון
שתפו את הצדיק.@HochmanGuy pic.twitter.com/3rYV2Ej4Fs— חותם – יהדות על סדר היום (@irgunchotam) March 17, 2024
“The heart of most of Israel is in the right place today. We are ready in our hearts. I say that we should keep one Shabbat, stop the divisive discourse, and bring the spirit of a shared destiny from the front to our homes.”
“We will stop fighting. We’re not teenagers, and no one is completely right. For one Shabbat, turn off the screens. We won’t let anyone divide us again. On Shabbat, we were murdered for being Jews. On Shabbat, we will stand up and say that we are proud to be Jews, so that any enemies who think that our nation is crumbling will know that the Eternal Nation will not break that easily. ‘The Eternal Nation isn’t afraid of a long journey’”, he declared, citing a popular Israeli catchphrase.
Hochman asked that at least one hundred thousand Jews keep Shabbat. ‘’Come along with me, let’s get one hundred thousand Jews to keep Shabbat for the first time, like me. We’ll show our enemies what kind of nation we are. On Shabbat, they came to murder us, and on Shabbat, we will stand up and say that we are proud to be Jewish. ‘Remember what Amalek did to you,’’ he concluded.
Kol HaKovod!
As someone once said “Just 1 shabbos come and join with me…”
If I recall correctly, the origin story for MBD’s song Just One Shabbos is the maamar chazal that if klal yisroel can keep two shabasos they will be immediately redeemed. Since many otherwise non affiliated Jews keep Yom Kipper, the premise was that if we can just add “just one Shabbos” to that we will be zoche to the geula.
The fact that this yid is trying to get 100,000 yidden to keep the Shabbos before Purim, a day of tshuva from simcha and love intrinsically connected to the Yom hakipurim maybe this can finally be the final catalyst for the geula.
V’sechezena ainainu
Moshiach Tzidkainu
Bimhaira byamainu!
WOW! Such a beautiful nation we are part of! May this be our last Shabbos in Galus!
#AMYISRAELCHAI
good for him! May he merit much joy and be an inspiration to others.
ברוך המקדש שמו ברבים
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Welcome on board!!
Tzaddik, though I recommend going to a rav to learn the laws of shabbat. It is very difficult to keep shabbat in a week but a book less than 100 pages as an intro book is written by Dayan Isidore Grunfeld, he was also the translator of Horeb by Rav Hirsch. If you read it you it is possible some will observe a proper shabbat. https://www.feldheim.com/the-sabbath-paper