Numbers 23:9

Numbers 23:9 refers to the Biblical verse "... Lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone and shall not be reckoned among the nations."Rabbi Kahane explained, "We must never fear to be alone, for that is the Jewish blessing that has saved the Jew from assimilation and that is what will make the final miracle and the Jewish victory all the more great and astounding."He endeavored to persuade Jews that Israel should not depend on allies; that when Israel is isolated, with no allies, the Almighty comes to His people's aid. "To be alone, a curse? Precisely the opposite! To be alone is the salvation of the Jew and the sanctification of G-d's name. "Assyria will not save us..." (Hosea 14). ... If we understand this, we - ourselves - will bring the redemption and salvation.Rabbi Kahane wrote this booklet shortly after the Yom Kippur War, It was published in 1974 in quarto format, typewritten and mimeographed. One year later, in 1975, the present small format version was printed. It may have been inspired by the Yom Kippur War but its message is true today:"The Jew always works on two parallel levels. He does not merely trust in miracles and suffice with prayers but rather prepares for battles by all natural means. At the same time he realizes that not with his strength or the power of his arm alone can victory ever come."