הִלֵּל אוֹמֵר, אַל תִּפְרֹשׁ מִן הַצִּבּוּר, וְאַל תַּאֲמִין בְּעַצְמְךָ עַד יוֹם מוֹתְךָ, וְאַל תָּדִין אֶת חֲבֵרְךָ עַד שֶׁתַּגִּיעַ לִמְקוֹמוֹ,
Hillel said: do not separate yourself from the community, Do not trust in yourself until the day of your death, Do not judge your fellow man until you have reached his place. Do not say something that cannot be understood [trusting] that in the end it will be understood. Say not: ‘when I shall have leisure I shall study;’ perhaps you will not have leisure.
תנו רבנן בזמן שישראל שרויין בצער ופירש אחד מהן באין שני מלאכי השרת שמלוין לו לאדם ומניחין לו ידיהן על ראשו ואומרים פלוני זה שפירש מן הצבור אל יראה בנחמת צבור
תניא אידך בזמן שהצבור שרוי בצער אל יאמר אדם אלך לביתי ואוכל ואשתה ושלום עליך נפשי ואם עושה כן עליו הכתוב אומר (ישעיהו כב, יג) והנה ששון ושמחה הרוג בקר ושחוט צאן אכול בשר ושתות יין אכול ושתו כי מחר נמות מה כתיב בתריה ונגלה באזני ה' צבאות אם יכופר העון הזה לכם עד תמותון
Our Rabbis have taught: When Israel is in trouble and one of them separates himself from them, then the two ministering angels who accompany every man come and place their hands upon his head and say, ‘So-and-so who separated himself from the community shall not behold the consolation of the community’.
Another [baraita] taught: When the community is in trouble let not a person say, ‘I will go to my house and I will eat and drink and all will be well with me’. And if he does so, about this person Scripture says (Isaiah 22:13), "And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine — ‘Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall die." What follows after this [verse]? — And the Lord of Hosts revealed Himself in mine ears; surely this iniquity shall not be expiated by you till ye die.
Our Rabbis taught: If at the present time a man desires to become a proselyte, he is to be addressed as follows: ‘What reason have you for desiring to become a proselyte; do you not know that Israel at the present time are persecuted and oppressed, despised, harassed and overcome by afflictions’?
Rav Soloveitchik, Kol Dodi Dofek
A preacher of the last generation put it well: He said that the Jewish people may be compared to the man with two heads, concerning whom the question was posed in the house of study: How is he to be viewed for purposes of inheritance? Does he take two portions as a dual person? Or does he take one portion like a single, unified individual...
The answer - the preacher continued - to the question of the unity of the Jewish people is identical with the ruling issued in the house of study regarding the question of the unity of the two-headed heir. Let boiling water be poured on one of his two heads, stated the judge, and let us see the reaction of the other head. If the other head cries out in pain, then both heads blend into one complete and unified personality, and the heir will take one portion. However, if the second head does not feel the pang of the first head, then we have two personalities coupled in one body, and they take two portions.
The same holds true with regard to the question of the unity of the Jewish people. The authoritative ruling is that as long as there is shared suffering, in the manner of "I will be with him in trouble" (Psalms 91:5), there is unity. If the Jew upon whom divine providence has shed a beneficent light, and who consequently believes that, at least with respect to him, the venom of hate and rejection has been expunged from his surroundings, still feels the troubles of his people and the burden of a fate-laden existence, then his link with the people has not been broken. If boiling water is poured upon the head of the Jew in Morocco, the fashionably-attired Jew in London or Paris has to scream at the top of his voice, and through feeling the pain he will remain faithful to his people. The fragmentation of the people and the blearing of its image are concomitants of the absence of the feeling of sympathy.
יחד ננצח, יחד נשאר
בימים של סערה, נדע להתגבר
והתקווה שבלב תמיד תלך איתנו יחד
רק יחד ננצח, יחד נשאר
בימים בהם השקט מדבר שירה
ובימים של אש רועמת, אין לנו ברירה
כי לנו יש גורל אחד וארץ קטנה
והיא לבד מול העולם
וצריך רק אהבת חינם, להשאיר אותנו כאן
יחד ננצח, יחד נשאר
בימים של סערה, נדע להתגבר
והתקווה שבלב תמיד תלך איתנו יחד
רק יחד ננצח, ביחד נשאר
כשנדמה שכבר בסדר, חוזרים להיפרד
לא לומדים אף פעם לקח ומכים על חטא
לארץ הקטנה שלנו, אלף מחזרים
והם רוצים אותה כולם
וצריך רק אהבת חינם, להשאיר אותנו כאן
יחד ננצח, יחד נשאר
בימים של סערה, נדע להתגבר
והתקווה שבלב תמיד תלך איתנו יחד
רק יחד ננצח, ביחד נשאר
עם ישראל חי...
יחד ננצח, יחד נשאר
בימים של סערה, נדע להתגבר
והתקווה שבלב תמיד תלך איתנו יחד
רק יחד ננצח, יחד נשאר
Together we will win, together we will remain
In the days of storm, we will know how to overcome
And the hope in the heart will always go with us
Only together we will win, together we will remain
In the days when silence speaks poetry
And in days of roaring fire, we have no choice
Because we have one destiny and a small country
And she is alone in front of the world
And all we need is love for one another, to leave us here
Together we will win, together we will remain
In the days of storm, we will know how to overcome
And the hope in the heart will always go with us
Only together we will win, together we will remain
When it seems that everything is fine, we say goodbye again
You never learn a lesson and beat a sin
To our little country, a thousand suitors
And they all want her
And all we need is lover for one another, to leave us here
Together we will win, together we will remain
In the days of storm, we will know how to overcome
And the hope in the heart will always go with us
Only together we will win, together we will remain
Israel Lives...
Together we will win, together we will remain
In the days of storm, we will know how to overcome
And the hope in the heart will always go with us
Only together we will win, together we will remain