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The Almighty has orchestrated throughout history periods when the non-Jewish world opens up to the Jewish people.  His objective is to see whether we are now capable to go out into the world and be a light unto the other nations or whether we choose to take the path of assimilation.   While Chanukah is our example in time of how to succeed at this task, for the majority of history we have sadly failed, causing G-d to orchestrate world events so that the other nations will remind us that we are Jews through the escalation of Anti-Semitism.   And once again, we are seeing this play out.   So how do we equip ourselves to interact with the other nations without assimilating into the other nations?  The answer is our lifelines of Tzitzit, Yarmulke and Tefillin.   They are what harness us to the Almighty wherever we go in the world so that we stay true to our mission.   In this invocative episode Rabbi Abrahams explores the deep meaning of these important mitzvos.