Podcast summary and Notes on "shavuos"

The holiday of Shavuos is when Jews celebrate the anniversary of receiving the Torah at Mt. Sinai. To prepare for this holy day, we follow up on a suggestion from yesterday's chat to highlight the miracle of life, given by the Almighty Creator who gave us the holy book of life, the Torah. Also, from yesterday's show, a story we shared about the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) providing 1000 free abortions last year. If the Israeli government only offers killing Jewish children as the solution to unplanned pregnancy, we need to provide outreach for adoption and pregnancy care to these parents.

Adoption is life saving, and needs to be offered immediately to vulnerable parents, whether they are IDF soldiers or financially distressed couples or homeless women. We share a heartwarming story about a woman dying of cancer whose twin sons, whom she had placed for adoption as infants, reunite with her at her bedside. The Jewish community has two long established adoption agencies, Embrace a Jewish Child and the Jewish Children's Adoption Network. Also, the Jewish Pro-Life Foundation maintains a list of couples who have reached out to us looking to adopt Jewish infants. We pray to reach abortion minded Jewish women and to save their children from a painful, unnecessary death - and save their Mothers from a broken heart. When one parent rejects adoption and insists on abortion, we can still encourage the other parent to intercede and offer adoption in the hope that it will be accepted. We quote Anne Frank who wrote "Where there is hope there is life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again."

We study Power Point slide # 5 Sanctity of Human Life In Judaism, slide # 103 Why Save Jewish Lives?, and slide #105 Jewish Adoption. We close the show with Rabbi Nachman's meditation on the 42nd day of the Omer count. Recorded 5/21/20.

Sanctity of Human Life In Judaism