October 7 Shabbat Simchat Torah: Last Time This Happened…It Was Bad for Israel. How Do We Stop It?

October 7 and Simchat Torah became painfully linked. Rabbi Yitzchak Botton asks one of the hardest questions: Where was G-d on October 7 — and what must change before division puts us in danger again? In this powerful Simchat Torah message, Rabbi Botton looks at the deeper meaning of dancing in a circle around the Torah. Everyone stands the same distance from the center. Everyone is equal. And for Rabbi Botton, that circle carries an urgent lesson about Jewish unity. What happens when Jews turn against one another? Why does brotherly love matter so much? And after everything the Jewish people have been through, are we already forgetting the lesson? Rabbi Botton reflects on October 7, Jewish unity, spiritual protection, antisemitism and the responsibility to bring the Torah's values out of the synagogue and into everyday life. This is a message about remembering what happened — but even more importantly, about what we can do now. ▶ Subscribe to Hidabroot English for powerful Torah teachings, Jewish wisdom, Israel, prophecy and the deeper meaning behind the Jewish holidays. 💬 What is one practical thing each of us can do to strengthen Jewish unity right now? ▶ Subscribe to Hi