(א) אֵיכָ֣ה ׀ יָשְׁבָ֣ה בָדָ֗ד הָעִיר֙ רַבָּ֣תִי עָ֔ם הָיְתָ֖ה כְּאַלְמָנָ֑ה רַּבָּ֣תִי בַגּוֹיִ֗ם שָׂרָ֙תִי֙ בַּמְּדִינ֔וֹת הָיְתָ֖ה לָמַֽס׃
(1) Alas! Lonely sits the city Once great with people! She that was great among nations Is become like a widow; The princess among states Is become a thrall.
(יב) אֵיכָ֥ה אֶשָּׂ֖א לְבַדִּ֑י טָרְחֲכֶ֥ם וּמַֽשַּׂאֲכֶ֖ם וְרִֽיבְכֶֽם׃
#3 Haftorah of the Day
(כא) אֵיכָה֙ הָיְתָ֣ה לְזוֹנָ֔ה קִרְיָ֖ה נֶאֱמָנָ֑ה מְלֵאֲתִ֣י מִשְׁפָּ֗ט צֶ֛דֶק יָלִ֥ין בָּ֖הּ וְעַתָּ֥ה מְרַצְּחִֽים׃
איכה ישבה בדד אמר רבא אמר רבי יוחנן מפני מה לקו ישראל באיכה מפני שעברו על שלשים ושש כריתות שבתורה
§ Apropos the exile of the descendants of the kings of Judea to Babylonia, the Gemara cites an aggadic statement about the destruction of the Temple and the sins of the Jewish people that caused it. With regard to the verse: “How [eikha] does the city sit solitary” (Lamentations 1:1), Rava says that Rabbi Yoḥanan says: For what reason were the Jewish people stricken and their plight bemoaned with the term eikha? It is due to the fact that they violated thirty-six prohibitions punishable with karet that are enumerated in the Torah, corresponding to the numerological value of eikha, spelled alef, yod, kaf, heh.
איך
How
How have we fallen into such a tragic,broken state?
כל מה שאירע לאדם אירע לישראל
וַיִּקְרָ֛א יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶל־הָֽאָדָ֑ם וַיֹּ֥אמֶר ל֖וֹ אַיֶּֽכָּה׃
1.Adam placed in Gan Eden by Hashem, Am Yisrael brought to Eretz
Yisrael(a paradise as well) by Hashem
2.Adam given a commandment, Am Yisrael given 613 commandments
3.Adam transgresses,Am Yisrael transgresses
4.Adam sent away from Gan Eden and expelled,Am Yisrael sent away from Eretz Yisrael and expelled
וּקְרָא יְיָ אֱלהִים לְאָדָם וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ הֲלָא כָּל עַלְמָא דִבְרֵיתִי גְלֵי קֳדָמַי חֲשׁוֹכָא כִּנְהוֹרָא וְאֵיךְ אַנְתְּ סְבַר בְּלִיבָּךְ לְאִיטַמְרָא מִן קֳדָמַי הֲלָא אֲתַר דְאַנְתְּ מִטְמַר בֵּיהּ אֲנָא חָמֵי וְאָן אִנוּן פִּקוּדַיָא דְפַקֵידְתָּךְ
(ט) וַיִּקְרָא ה' אֱלֹהִים אֶל הָאָדָם (בראשית ג, ט), אֵיךְ הֲוֵית, אֶתְמוֹל לְדַעְתִּי, וְעַכְשָׁיו לְדַעְתּוֹ שֶׁל נָחָשׁ, אֶתְמוֹל מִסּוֹף הָעוֹלָם וְעַד סוֹפוֹ, וְעַכְשָׁיו בְּתוֹךְ עֵץ הַגָּן. אָמַר רַבִּי אַבָּהוּ בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי חֲנִינָא, כְּתִיב (הושע ו, ז): וְהֵמָּה כְּאָדָם עָבְרוּ בְּרִית, הֵמָּה כְּאָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן, מָה אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן הִכְנַסְתִּיו לְתוֹךְ גַּן עֵדֶן וְצִוִּיתִיו וְעָבַר עַל צִוּוּיִי, וְדַנְתִּי אוֹתוֹ בְּשִׁלּוּחִין וּבְגֵרוּשִׁין, וְקוֹנַנְתִּי עָלָיו אֵיכָה. הִכְנַסְתִּיו לְתוֹךְ גַּן עֵדֶן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית ב, טו): וַיַּנִּיחֵהוּ בְגַן עֵדֶן. וְצִוִּיתִיו, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית ב, טז): וַיְצַו ה' אֱלֹהִים עַל הָאָדָם, וְעָבַר עַל הַצִּוּוּי, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית ג, יא): הֲמִן הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ לְבִלְתִּי אֲכָל מִמֶנּוּ אָכָלְתָּ. וְדַנְתִּי אוֹתוֹ בְּשִׁלּוּחִין, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית ג, כג): וַיְשַׁלְּחֵהוּ ה' אֱלֹהִים מִגַּן עֵדֶן. וְדַנְתִּי אוֹתוֹ בְּגֵרוּשִׁין, דִּכְתִיב (בראשית ג, כד): וַיְגָרֶשׁ אֶת הָאָדָם. קוֹנַנְתִּי עָלָיו אֵיכָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וַיִּקְרָא ה' אֱלֹהִים אֶל הָאָדָם וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ אַיֶכָּה, אֵיכָה כְּתִיב. אַף בָּנָיו הִכְנַסְתִּים לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְצִוִּיתִים וְעָבְרוּ עַל הַצִּוּוּי, דַּנְתִּי אוֹתָם בְּשִׁלּוּחִין וּבְגֵרוּשִׁין וְקוֹנַנְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶם אֵיכָה. הִכְנַסְתִּים לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ירמיה ב, ז): וָאָבִיא אֶתְכֶם אֶל אֶרֶץ הַכַּרְמֶל. צִוִּיתִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שמות כז, כ): וְאַתָּה תְּצַוֶּה אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. עָבְרוּ עַל צִוּוּיִי, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דניאל ט, יא): וְכָל יִשְׂרָאֵל עָבְרוּ אֶת תּוֹרָתֶךָ. דַּנְתִּי אוֹתָם בְּשִׁלּוּחִין, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ירמיה טו, א): שַׁלַּח מֵעַל פָּנַי וְיֵצֵאוּ. דַּנְתִּי אוֹתָם בְּגֵרוּשִׁין, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (הושע ט, טו): מִבֵּיתִי אֲגָרְשֵׁם, קוֹנַנְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶם אֵיכָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (איכה א, א): אֵיכָה יָשְׁבָה.
(9) And the Lord God called to man - how did it happen/ where were you? Yesterday you went in my ways, and now in the opinion/ways of the serpent. Yesterday [your vision] was from one end of the world to the other , and now its limited to within the garden. R. Abbahu said the name of R. Hanina: it is written (Hosea 6) and they like Adam transgressed on the covenant. they [Israel],like Adam. Just as Adam - I brought him into the Garden of Eden, I commanded him, and he transgressed my commandments. And so I judged him with banishment and divorce, and I lamented him, "Eicha." I brought him into Gan Eden, as it says: and I placed him in Gan Eden. I commanded, as it states: and God the Lord commanded man. He transgressed the commandment, as it says: did you eat from the tree which I commanded not to eat from. I judged him with banishment, as stated: God the Lord sent him from the garden. I judged him with divorce, it is written: He drove [garesh] out the man. I Lamented over him "Eicha", as stated: And he called the God to man, And said unto him, where are you [Ayeka, Eicha in text]. So too, his sons I brought into Palestine and commanded and they transgressed on my orders, I judged them with banishment and divorce, and I lamented on them Eicha. I brought into Palestine, as written (Jeremiah): and I will bring you into the land of Carmel. I commanded , as it says (Exodus Z): and they thou shalt command the children of Israel. they transgressed on my commandments, as is said (Daniel T.), and all Israel transgressed on your Torah. I judged them with banishment, as written (Jeremiah XVI): Send them from my face and they left. I judged them divorce, as is said (Hosea H): from my house I will divorce them. I lamented on them Eicha, as written (Eicha 1) How did she sit.
(ט) וַיִּקְרָא ה' אֱלֹהִים אֶל הָאָדָם (בראשית ג, ט), אֵיךְ הֲוֵית, אֶתְמוֹל לְדַעְתִּי, וְעַכְשָׁיו לְדַעְתּוֹ שֶׁל נָחָשׁ, אֶתְמוֹל מִסּוֹף הָעוֹלָם וְעַד סוֹפוֹ, וְעַכְשָׁיו בְּתוֹךְ עֵץ הַגָּן. אָמַר רַבִּי אַבָּהוּ בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי חֲנִינָא, כְּתִיב (הושע ו, ז): וְהֵמָּה כְּאָדָם עָבְרוּ בְּרִית, הֵמָּה כְּאָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן, מָה אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן הִכְנַסְתִּיו לְתוֹךְ גַּן עֵדֶן וְצִוִּיתִיו וְעָבַר עַל צִוּוּיִי, וְדַנְתִּי אוֹתוֹ בְּשִׁלּוּחִין וּבְגֵרוּשִׁין, וְקוֹנַנְתִּי עָלָיו אֵיכָה. הִכְנַסְתִּיו לְתוֹךְ גַּן עֵדֶן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית ב, טו): וַיַּנִּיחֵהוּ בְגַן עֵדֶן. וְצִוִּיתִיו, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית ב, טז): וַיְצַו ה' אֱלֹהִים עַל הָאָדָם, וְעָבַר עַל הַצִּוּוּי, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית ג, יא): הֲמִן הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ לְבִלְתִּי אֲכָל מִמֶנּוּ אָכָלְתָּ. וְדַנְתִּי אוֹתוֹ בְּשִׁלּוּחִין, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית ג, כג): וַיְשַׁלְּחֵהוּ ה' אֱלֹהִים מִגַּן עֵדֶן. וְדַנְתִּי אוֹתוֹ בְּגֵרוּשִׁין, דִּכְתִיב (בראשית ג, כד): וַיְגָרֶשׁ אֶת הָאָדָם. קוֹנַנְתִּי עָלָיו אֵיכָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וַיִּקְרָא ה' אֱלֹהִים אֶל הָאָדָם וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ אַיֶכָּה, אֵיכָה כְּתִיב. אַף בָּנָיו הִכְנַסְתִּים לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְצִוִּיתִים וְעָבְרוּ עַל הַצִּוּוּי, דַּנְתִּי אוֹתָם בְּשִׁלּוּחִין וּבְגֵרוּשִׁין וְקוֹנַנְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶם אֵיכָה. הִכְנַסְתִּים לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ירמיה ב, ז): וָאָבִיא אֶתְכֶם אֶל אֶרֶץ הַכַּרְמֶל. צִוִּיתִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שמות כז, כ): וְאַתָּה תְּצַוֶּה אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. עָבְרוּ עַל צִוּוּיִי, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דניאל ט, יא): וְכָל יִשְׂרָאֵל עָבְרוּ אֶת תּוֹרָתֶךָ. דַּנְתִּי אוֹתָם בְּשִׁלּוּחִין, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ירמיה טו, א): שַׁלַּח מֵעַל פָּנַי וְיֵצֵאוּ. דַּנְתִּי אוֹתָם בְּגֵרוּשִׁין, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (הושע ט, טו): מִבֵּיתִי אֲגָרְשֵׁם, קוֹנַנְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶם אֵיכָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (איכה א, א): אֵיכָה יָשְׁבָה.
(9) And the Lord God called to man - how did it happen/ where were you? Yesterday you went in my ways, and now in the opinion/ways of the serpent. Yesterday [your vision] was from one end of the world to the other , and now its limited to within the garden. R. Abbahu said the name of R. Hanina: it is written (Hosea 6) and they like Adam transgressed on the covenant. they [Israel],like Adam. Just as Adam - I brought him into the Garden of Eden, I commanded him, and he transgressed my commandments. And so I judged him with banishment and divorce, and I lamented him, "Eicha." I brought him into Gan Eden, as it says: and I placed him in Gan Eden. I commanded, as it states: and God the Lord commanded man. He transgressed the commandment, as it says: did you eat from the tree which I commanded not to eat from. I judged him with banishment, as stated: God the Lord sent him from the garden. I judged him with divorce, it is written: He drove [garesh] out the man. I Lamented over him "Eicha", as stated: And he called the God to man, And said unto him, where are you [Ayeka, Eicha in text]. So too, his sons I brought into Palestine and commanded and they transgressed on my orders, I judged them with banishment and divorce, and I lamented on them Eicha. I brought into Palestine, as written (Jeremiah): and I will bring you into the land of Carmel. I commanded , as it says (Exodus Z): and they thou shalt command the children of Israel. they transgressed on my commandments, as is said (Daniel T.), and all Israel transgressed on your Torah. I judged them with banishment, as written (Jeremiah XVI): Send them from my face and they left. I judged them divorce, as is said (Hosea H): from my house I will divorce them. I lamented on them Eicha, as written (Eicha 1) How did she sit.
(ז) פסקא יד אות ז (ז) וילכו אחרי ההבל ויהבלו (ירמיה ב ו) א"ר יצחק לבן זהבי שיצא עליו שטר חוב והיה מיתיירא ואו' תאמר ששטר חוב זה של מאה זהובים ושל מאתים זהובים הוא א' לו בעל חובו אל תתירא כור של סובים ושל שעורים הוא מה דהוא פריע הוא כך אמ' הקב"ה לישר' בניי ע"ז שאתם להוטים אחריה אינה מדבר של ממש אלא הבל המה מעשה תעתועים וג' (שם י טו) לא כאלה חלק יעקב כי יוצר הכל הוא וישראל שבטי נחלתו י"י צבאות שמו (ירמיה י טז) חסילה
(א) ואני בתוך הגולה, האני הפנימי העצמי, של היחיד ושל הציבור, אינו מתגלה בתוכיותו רק לפי ערך הקדושה והטהרה שלו, לפי ערך הגבורה העליונה, הספוגה מהאורה הטהורה של זיו מעלה, שהיא מתלהבת בקרבו, חטאנו עם אבותינו, חטא האדם הראשון, שנתנכר לעצמיותו, שפנה לדעתו של נחש, ואבד את עצמו, לא ידע להשיב תשובה ברורה על שאלת איך, מפני שלא ידע נפשו, מפני שהאניות האמיתית נאבדה ממנו, בחטא ההשתחואה לאל זר, חטא ישראל, זה אחרי אלהי נכר, את אניותו העצמית עזב, זנח ישראל טוב. חטאה הארץ, הכחישה את עצמיותה, צמצמה את חילה, הלכה אחרי מגמות ותכליתות, לא נתנה את כל חילה הכמוס להיות טעם עץ כטעם פריו, נשאה עין מחוץ לה, לחשוב על דבר גורלות וקריירות. קטרגה הירח, אבדה סיבוב פנימיותה, שמחת חלקה, חלמה על דבר הדרת מלכים חיצונה, וכה הולך העולם וצולל באבדן האני של כל אחד, של הפרט ושל הכלל. באים מחנכים מלומדים, מסתכלים בחיצוניות, מסיחים דעה גם הם מן האני, ומוסיפים תבן על המדורה, משקים את הצמאים בחומץ, מפטמים את המוחות ואת הלבבות בכל מה שהוא חוץ מהם, והאני הולך ומשתכח, וכיון שאין אני, אין הוא, וקל וחומר שאין אתה. רוח אפינו משיח ד', זהו גבורתו הדר גדלו, איננו מבחוץ לנו, רוח אפינו הוא, את ד' אלהינו ודוד מלכנו נבקש, אל ה' ואל טובו נפחד, את האני שלנו נבקש, את עצמנו נבקש ונמצא, הסר כל אלהי נכר, הסר כל זר וממזר, וידעתם כי אני ה' אלהיכם, המוציא אתכם מארץ מצרים להיות לכם לאלהים, אני ה'.
(1) “I am in the midst of the exile” (Ezekiel 1:1). The inner, essential “I” – whether of the individual or of the community – appears within [an entity] only in relation to its holiness and purity [and] in relation to the degree of its supernal power suffused by the pure light of an elevated illumination, flaming within it. “We and our forefathers sinned” (Psalms 106:6). Adam sinned. He was alienated from his essence. He turned to the consciousness of the serpent and lost himself. He did not know how to give a clear answer to the question, “Where are you?” (Genesis 3:9), because he did not know himself, because he had lost [his] true “I,” with [his] sin of bowing to a strange god. [The nation of] Israel sinned. It “ran after foreign gods” (Deuteronomy 31:16). It abandoned its essential “I.” “Israel rejected goodness” (Hosea 8:3). The earth sinned [during the week of Creation]. It denied its essence. It constricted its power. It went after [limited] goals and purposes. It did not give forth all of its hidden power so that the taste of the tree would be equal to the taste of its fruit (Sukkah 35a). It raised its eyes to look outside of itself, to think about [its trivial] future, its “career.” The moon complained [at that time] (Hullin 60b). [As a result,] it lost its internal orbit, the joy of its portion. It was dreaming of a superficial beauty of royalty. Thus does the world continue to sink, with the loss of the “I” of every [entity] – of the individual and of the whole. Learned educators come and focus on the superficial. They too remove their consciousness from the “I.” They add straw to the fire, give vinegar to the thirsty, and fatten minds and hearts with everything that is external to them. And the “I” grows progressively forgotten. And when there is no “I,” there is no “He,” and how much more is there no “You.” The Messiah is called “the breath of our nostrils, the anointed one of God” (Lamentations 4:20). This is his might, the beauty of his greatness: [that] he is not outside of us. He is the breath of our nostrils. Let us seek Hashem our God and David our king. Let us tremble before God and His goodness. Let us seek our “I.” Let us seek ourselves – and find. Remove all foreign gods, remove every stranger and illegitimate one. Then “you will know that I am Hashem your God, Who takes you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am Hashem your God” (cf. Numbers 15:41).
Adam,after making a mistake and eating from the etz hadaa's and supposedly have grown more sophisticated now flees and tries to hide in gan eden amongst the trees from Hashem. The BHMK is destroyed for the same reason. The basic idea of the churban is that everyone imagined that Hashem's presence only dwell in the BHMK and elsewhere,man may do as he pleases..Man can hate his brother so long as he davens in the BHMK or brings karbanos. The flaw of this generation was that they viewed Hashem as imprisoned in His House and believed that so long as we appease Him there,he will not interfere elsewhere.
His (Adam's) illegitimate grasp for knowledge has gained for him the illusion that he can set boundaries for Hashem,keeping Him away from his own areas and that he can erect impentrable boundaries between the domains of G-d and man. Adam thus invites the response of the Almighty,in syllables of searing sarcasm "Ayekkah-where are thou? Adam,where do you think you are that you can hide from me? What makes you think that you can declare any place in the world out of bounds for G-d?"
(יא) לָמָּה־לִּ֤י רֹב־זִבְחֵיכֶם֙ יֹאמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה שָׂבַ֛עְתִּי עֹל֥וֹת אֵילִ֖ים וְחֵ֣לֶב מְרִיאִ֑ים וְדַ֨ם פָּרִ֧ים וּכְבָשִׂ֛ים וְעַתּוּדִ֖ים לֹ֥א חָפָֽצְתִּי׃(יב) כִּ֣י תָבֹ֔אוּ לֵרָא֖וֹת פָּנָ֑י מִי־בִקֵּ֥שׁ זֹ֛את מִיֶּדְכֶ֖ם רְמֹ֥ס חֲצֵרָֽי׃
(11) “What need have I of all your sacrifices?” Says the LORD. “I am sated with burnt offerings of rams, And suet of fatlings, And blood of bulls; And I have no delight In lambs and he-goats.(12) That you come to appear before Me— Who asked that of you? Trample My courts
Why does HaShem destroy the Beis Hamikdash?
Mashal- a person decides to make a gorgeous painting of landscape so they climb to top of hill and they're busy painting but they need to see the full picture so they take steps backwards to zoom out so they can paint better but then someone sees the painter who with every step he takes,gets closer to falling backwards off cliff so person watching throws a rock to knock painting and destroy it because the ikkar is not the painting but the persons life,if they don't throw rock and destroy the painting,the person will die. The painting is exactly what needs to be destroyed because it's what's putting the artist in danger(of falling off the cliff) So too, in Beis Hamikdash the easiest way to gain kapparah was to bring a Karban but it became that people were like "0h I can sin because if I sin,I can just go to Beis Hamikdash and bring a Karban and all will be fine and dandy" so they didn't have to work on selves. In a way, the Beis Hamikdash itself was causing Bnei yisrael to fail,just like the painting caused the painter danger,because they relied on Beis Hamikdash to provide kapparah instead of working on self. HaShem destroyed Beis Hamikdash because we were too caught in the painting,that we were in danger of falling(relied on karbanos to atone instead of fixing ourselves). In a way,the Beis was CAUSING us to sin so HaShem destroyed it.
In modern times this has practical application cause we think I can do what I want but then I'll daven or ask Hashsm for forgiveness but that's not what is expected. We need to change ourselves not just rely on kappa
When you restrict G-d only to the synagogue,then He refuses to dwell even in the synagogue. When this is how you undermine the meaning of a Temple,then as a sign of divine displeasure,that very Temple,symbol of your profane misunderstanding must be destroyed! For G-d,wether man likes it or not,peers into mans "exlusive preserves"-his office and his home,his bank and his theater,his marktplace and hotel and acidly asks ayyekah,where do you think you are? You have failed to look for Me and so I shall seek you out. And when the Almighty grimly poses the ayyekah,then man must whimper in return,Eikah.
All the sophistication and knowledge weve acquired has only led us to further alienate Hashem. Just like Adam and our ancestors of 2,000 years ago, were determined to incarcerate G-d in his reverent jail and we have declared the rest of the world forbidden to Him.
-Secularism is just this. It is not atheism but it is equally as bad. Secularism agrees to the practice of religion provided that limits are set and that beyond them,life and experience are hermetically sealed off from the influence of faith. This secular view is actually what characterizes most religions today.
"It accepts G-d- but equally as much accepts that one can hide from Him and that in some little clump of trees, one can surround himself with cool shade and be free from the searing gaze of the Deity who has clumsily been permitted to escape from His House of Worship.
Modern secularist man gets even with G-d. Once, He expelled us from Paradise(Gan Eden), now we shall build ourselves a little paradise and keep Him out!"
But G-d wont go awy. He wont abide by the rules that secularis has put down for the game of religion. G-d is a poor sport. He doesnt like to be locked up and is annoyed with those who test His claustrophobia.
Secular view(which many Jews adopt)= worship Hashem in shul but reject His judgement (Halacha) elsewhere. The man who opts only for ritual but ignores ethics and morality or vice versa. Either way Hashem poses the question "Ayekkah-where are you that you think you can exclude Me" and when this happens were already in state of eicha, our post modern playground.
Challal=empty void,an empty space
Rav Chaim Volzhin explains when man acts a if Hashem were elsewhere,not here,when his demeanor,middos,conduct and actions indicate that right now there is a Challal,a void,an emptiness of Hashems presense and that entrance is denied to Him,when a person believes or his deeds bespeak the belief that there are places where Hashem is and there are places where Hashem isnt, that is the most vile profanation of Hashems name.
We MUST learn to avoid the mistakes of the past and the present and to acknowledge Hashem in ALL existence-personal,national and international. Even though the Beis Hamikdash was destroyed by chillul we must rebuild it through kiddush.