RABBI'S WEEKLY MESSAGE - Universal Oneness United Faith Canada

November 7, 2025

The ultimate relationship

Greetings friends

It was quite the week. We had Halloween, followed by some equally frightening events. We changed the clocks, which no one likes, and we also had Al’s birthday, and the elf’s birthday—two other great days of celebration.

And coming up this week will be the 87th anniversary of Kristallnacht, a government-sanctioned pogrom conducted on Jews on November 9th and 10th of 1938 as the Germans smashed synagogues and Jewish businesses throughout the Reich. I fear today, too many people forget the horrors and inhumanity of man to man, as this same behavior is exhibited not just in Russia and Europe, but in Canada, the United States, and Israel itself, on October 7, two years ago. The recent painting of swastikas on New York synagogues can be a dark sign of things to come in the largest Jewish enclave outside of Israel.

The people the world over have lost their minds. They truly cannot understand what they have subscribed to because it makes no sense. There is a definite dumbing down of society. Ask any protester if they support the idea of genocide and extermination, and they’ll say “no,” but they are protesting for it. Ask any protester if they favor the execution of gays, and they’ll say “no,” but they are protesting for it. Ask any protester if women’s rights should be removed, and they’ll say “no,” but they are protesting for it.

Too many today have no idea what they are doing. People stopped asking questions, seeking knowledge. Knowledge from TikTok is not knowledge. Unfortunately, there are too many turning a blind eye. Wake up, look around. Would that for once, when we say never again, it ushers in a period of “never again.” It has become a hollow phrase as the great capitals of western society have fallen prey to the greatest level of antisemitism since the Nazis – the real ones, not the anyone we want to call Nazis, ones.

We are also on the verge of Remembrance Day in Canada and the former British Empire and Veterans Day in the good old U.S of A.

Honor the veterans—those who fought for freedom and democracy. Not what you see now, but what was truly the right to say and think and be and engage in dialogue. We have fought censorship to the point where we now invite it, but once freedom is gone, it does not come back so fast. As the song said, “You don’t know what you got, until you lose it.” I pray we never reach that point.

At one time, we may not have liked everything everyone said, but we did not have to agree; we did not have to listen, but we always defended their right to say it without putting our own judgments in place. Today’s judgment will not be tomorrow’s. Look at how things change over time. History is no longer studied. If it is not liked, it is erased, and then we learn nothing.

We have the opportunity to live beautiful, full lives of sharing and caring, but instead we have become a splintered, fragmented society built on differences, which reminds me of the story of creation, a series of separations and distinctions.

A friend of mine reminded me that we only live once, and I corrected them that we only die once, but we can live every day; but living takes effort.

Taste of the fullness of life every day, my friends. Time is the one commodity you cannot replace.

We have moved centuries beyond the creation we read about and have singled in on a family, which we met last week, the family of Abraham and his descendants, the centerpiece of the rest of the Bible. We are seeing the theme of relationships now—man and wife, father and son, brother and brother, man and creator.

This week, we are also introduced to more angels than anywhere else in the Bible, and we see them as the true messengers and representatives they are. Angel is the English version of the Greek Angelos, messenger, which is from the Hebrew melech—messenger—whose root letters are mem lamed kaf – mlk, the same root as malach, king, who was the country’s political messenger.

These messengers are with us all the time, but often we do not realize it. Stop and listen, they are talking to you all the time. They come and tell Abraham about the son he is going to have; they warn Lot to leave Sodom; they intervene when Abraham is going to sacrifice his son, Isaac. They are often the warnings, the feelings, the senses we have and share. They are the stranger on the train.

They are with you. Listen.

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Thank you all for allowing me into your homes, electronic devices, and into your hearts, as you are all with me in mine.

Be well, be happy, be healthy, be free, be kind, be forgiving, be compassionate, be independent of mind and deed, be mindful of your intentions, and be good to yourself. Continue to celebrate freedom of choice in your life, and do not give in to fear. Enjoy the peace that comes from acceptance. As always, if you have any questions, suggestions, or just want to say “hi,” please send me an email. I love hearing from you.

Remember, anytime you do not want to receive these anymore, please send me an email so I can remove you. And know that I truly appreciate you sharing your sacred time with me.

Enjoy and celebrate your life and the lives of others. In doing so, be happy, and may you all sow the seeds of, and reap the rewards of, peace, love, and miracles, and make sure you also celebrate your unique individuality and your incredible awesomeness.

And remember, your world is what you make it. Just wish upon a star, and continue to be the miracle and angel in someone’s life.

Blessings, and share your love

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