Palestinians and Shlomo

 
              This week we started to learn the introduction to Kohelet. We learned about how when Shlomo was appointed king, Hashem said Shlomo could have anything he wanted to. Instead of asking for wealth or other stuff that would make him a bad king, Shlomo asked for wisdom to be like Hashem. Hashem then rewarded him with not only wisdom, but with wealth, power, and wisdom. Hashem said that if he were to use the wisdom and all the things he had in a good way, he would have a guaranteed spot in Gan Eden. If he would use all of his gifts in a bad way, he would not be rewarded and would be punished. Hashem basically gave Shlomo a test. Not only did he do this to Shlomo, but when the world was first created, he gave a test to Adam and Chava. He told them not to eat from a certain tree and they did. Shlomo was given the test, but failed because he became corrupt. Shlomo took the money Hashem gave him and bought many unnecessary things. He also married to many wives. Because of his corruption, Shlomo was punished and his servant took his spot.

               Earlier in the year, our country was attacked by the Palestinians while they through missiles into various cities of Israel. In a certain way, the Palestinians faced a similar problem just like Shlomo. Back in the day, the Jews gave Gaza a little part of Israel that belonged to us. They gave this the land to stop some problems. Through the years, Gaza and Israel battled, but last year, it became really bad when missiles were being launched very frequently. The reason why they threw these missiles were because they wanted more land. Just like Shlomo, they were given  a little bit of good, but turned it in to something bad.