Roar You G-dly Young Lions

On Tragedy and Hope | Tech Tribe Dispatch #288

Feb 21, 2025

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It’s been an incredibly difficult day for many Jews around the world. The confirmation and realization that Kfir and Ariel Bibas, the two young red-headed brothers, and Oded Lifshitz,the 83 year old Grandfather, would be not be coming home alive, the twisted realization that Shiri Bibas, the mother of Kfir and Ariel, was not even returned at all… and the grotesque macabre show put on by Hamas, culled from the twisted dark places that feel primed to generate meme-driven Internet outrage, capped off a horrific 24 hours.

So dark and disturbing was this horrific experience that the news that multiple bus exploded in Israel, and the miraculous fact that no one was hurt, was almost a blip on the radar.

The Talmud teaches1 that we can learn lessons from the names of others. The names of these four precious Jews have a powerful common thread:

Kfir and Ariel are both named for lions, a Kfir (כפיר) is a lion cub, Ariel means Lion of G-d (אריא-ל).

Shulchan Aruch2, the code of Jewish Law, opens with a teaching of Rabbi Yehudah ben Tema said: “Be strong as a leopard, light as an eagle, swift as a deer, and mighty as a lion to do the will of thy father who is in heaven.” A person should strengthen his heart, by conquering his evil inclinations, engage in the fight of Jewish pride and share it with the world without fear.

Shiri (שירי) is a song, my song… Music, is something that can not be contained within ourselves - it shared with the world, with others, it broadcasts our essence with all who can hear.

Finally there is Oded (עודד), which means to encourage others…

When we put these four names together, they create a singular, powerful lesson as Jews:

We must tap into out inner fortitude and strength of Jewish pride like the lion… not to hide our strength, our goodness, our essence, but lit it sing forth to the world at large, so that all may experience its beauty… so much so that it not only be heard by others, but that it encourages them to share their Jewish pride as well.

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