How about a "National Day of Love?"

We may have Valentine's Day, but it's become way too commercialized and polluted by cheap chocolate and overpriced flowers.  I'm talking about a day where we come together and "love thy neighbor." A day where we celebrate our differences and traditions.  A day where we understand that ultimately most people regardless of race, creed, color, religion or any other denomination all want to raise our children under peaceful skies with food, shelter and education. Why is it the fringe that always has the upper hand? Why do they scream the loudest? Why do we listen?

A group of Neo-Nazis has called February 25, a National "Day of Hate." Besides sounding cringeworthy, what kind of moral standards must one have to celebrate hate? Today is also a year since Russia has launched its offensive on my birth country of Ukraine.  There will be no peace for any of us while such grotesque ideologies rule the masses. We must ALL stand up to hate and spread light.  As Jews around the world light candles and gather around the table for Shabbat, let's focus on spreading love and joy.  The world is full of miracles.  As Martin Luther King Jr. once famously said, "I have decided to stick to love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."

Shabbat Shalom! Peace, Love and Light! 🕊💙🕯🕯