Why Has There Always Been a Constant Hatred of Jews?

Many people have hated and continue to hate Jews because they possess a certain tool that can determine whether or not they aim themselves at the single force of love, bestowal and connection that guides reality.

Why is the Jews’ access to this higher force the deeper cause behind Jew hatred? It is because if no one had such access, then we would all live solely within the boundaries of earthly nature, and we would then have a lot less problems in our lives. In other words, the higher force that created and sustains reality, which we call “the Creator,” specifically directs hatred toward the Jewish people. It is why antisemitism surfaces in so many people for seemingly no reason, and the reasons that many people come up with for hating Jews seem so irrational.

The hatred of Jews is interlaced with a deep pain of a certain broken connection between people and the higher force that can harmonize human connections. People can seemingly accumulate an abundance of wealth, respect, power and knowledge, but their lack of a higher sensation of reality can leave them feeling empty-handed, and also a sense that Jews have access to “something else” that they cannot access.

To realize the tool that we Jews have been given, we need first justify that we are the people of Israel, which comes from the two words, “Yashar-El” which means “straight to the higher force” or “straight to God.”

In order to make this realization and justification, we should prioritize the will to direct ourselves at the single force of love, bestowal and connection guiding reality, to invite this positive force into our lives, and let it unite us in a loving, caring, kind and supportive field of connection between us.

By realizing this tool, we would then realize our role as the people of Israel in the world, and the nature-set pressure on us in the form of antisemitism would not only subside, but it would be replaced with a reverence for a people who invite a great positive force into their lives — one that elevates humanity to a new level of harmony, peace, happiness and confidence.

What Do You Think about Great Jews Throughout History Who Were Not Originally Jewish?

Indeed, many great Jews were not originally Jewish. For example, Rabbi Akiva was born a non-Jew, but became the Jewish people’s leading teacher in his time. King David, renowned as Israel’s greatest king, had a non-Jewish great grandmother, Ruth. Also, Onkelos, a well-known Torah commentator, was originally a Roman who converted to Judaism and translated the Torah into Aramaic, a translation that is highly regarded to this day.

Becoming a great Jew has no connection to whether or not one was born Jewish. If we wish to come closer to the Creator, i.e., the upper force of love, bestowal and connection, and accept upon ourselves the laws stated in the Torah, we then become Jewish.

As it is written, “the Hebrew word for ‘Jew’ [Yehudi] comes from the word for ‘united’ [yihudi]” (Yaarot Devash, Part 2, Drush no. 2). For this reason, we welcome, respect, love and honor anybody who wishes to enter into this spiritual unity.

We can think of the Torah as a navigation device that lets anyone who wishes to come closer to the Creator achieve their wish. If we initially feel such a longing — to come closer to the Creator — and follow it through to learn about where that longing came from and why, then we eventually reach the understanding that the Creator Himself embedded this desire into us. He calls upon certain people to come closer to Him. Such people become introduced to — and apply to themselves — the laws and conditions stated in the Torah.

The conversion process to become Jewish is an acceptance of the obligation to fulfill the conditions to draw closer to the Creator. Then, as we see with such examples as Rabbi Akiva and King David, people who become Jewish can also become great Jewish leaders of their generations, higher than Jews with a consistent bloodline. Moreover, the latter are not offended or intimidated by such leaders. Anyone who becomes Jewish is fully Jewish, and even a bit more, because they came from the outside and made an effort.