We are going to take a break from the Bet HaLevi, in order to remind ourselves of the important principles that one is supposed to think about during a time of war, when Jewish people are suffering. There is a story told about the Chafetz Chaim, when he was an older man. One night, his wife woke up and saw that her husband wasn’t in bed. She got scared, and went to look for him. She found sleeping on the cold, muddy floor. She was shocked and wondered what had happened. Did he fall out of bed? When he woke up, she asked him what happened and he explained that it was wartime, and there were Jewish soldiers in foxholes, in danger. How could he sleep in his comfortable bed, with his comfortable pillow? As it says about Hashem, “ Imo Anochi B’Tsara/ Hashem is with us when we are in pain . Hashem’s revelation to Moshe Rabbenu was in the burning bush. Why? Because when the Jewish people were suffering, Hashem dwelled in a bush. There is an important principle in our religion called Noseh B’Ol Havero/ To carry the yoke with your friend. It might not make any sense to the outsider, because if you aren’t doing anything to help, what is the sense in that? But Middot-wise, if someone else is suffering, how can you enjoy yourself? It is a lack of empathy. We don’t necessarily have to do what the Chafetz Chaim did, but everybody, on their level, has to have a little bit of feeling for what is going on, and not just remain complacent. Another example of this concept was when Rav Aharon Kotler would not put sugar in his tea or coffee during war time. He didn’t fast, or skip the coffee, but it was just a little something, a reminder. Maybe on our level, when we buy ice cream, we can skip the chocolate chips… whatever it may be. A person is supposed to be aware and cognizant that our fellow brethren are suffering in a dangerous, precarious situation. And we have to pray for them, of course. Many shuls are saying extra Tehilim and extra prayers. We should all have our brethren on our minds.