From Torah’s living waters to today’s floods, Israel thrives while Arab adversaries drown in consequences.
Our Sages declared, “There is no water but Torah,” and Jewish history confirms it: whenever water appears, destiny unfolds. From the beginning of creation to the modern State of Israel, water—physical and spiritual—reveals who stands aligned with truth and who collapses under their own malice.
Water as the Divine Divider
The world’s first cosmic judgement—the Flood—came through water, sparing only Noah’s righteous family. When Abraham welcomed the three angels who would foretell Isaac’s birth, his first act was to offer water, the timeless symbol of purity and Torah.
Throughout the Book of Genesis, the most pivotal moments—Abraham’s disputes with Avimelech over wells, Eliezer discovering Rebecca at the well, Isaac restoring Abraham’s sabotaged wells, Jacob encountering the angelic battle at the River Yabbok—are all anchored in water. Each moment separates loyalty to God from the evil of surrounding nations.
The Philistines’ Hatred Mirrors Today’s Arab Regimes
When Abraham died, the Philistines choked his wells with dirt. Their hatred for the Patriarchs and their values—much like today’s Palestinian and broader Arab hostility toward Israel—overrode even their own survival instincts. Destroying life-giving water sources made no sense unless the goal was simple: erase Israel’s presence at any cost.
Nehama Leibowitz powerfully explained: water equals Torah; the wells represent divine truth; the Philistine sabotage represents the perpetual Arab effort to bury Jewish identity, sever Jewish sovereignty, and poison Jewish destiny. They were invaders with zero connection to the land—exactly like today’s Gaza inhabitants whose lineage traces back to Arab migrants, not indigenous roots.
Israel Builds Life; Invaders Bring Desolation
Abraham and Sarah arrived in the Land to uplift it—spiritually and physically. The Philistines arrived merely to exploit it. This ancient contrast is the same one playing out today: Israel digs wells, builds desalination plants, rejuvenates the Kinneret, and irrigates deserts. Meanwhile, Arab societies across the region collapse under mismanagement, corruption, and hatred.
Modern Echo: Iran’s Drought and Gaza’s Floods
As Israel continues restoring water sources—literally reviving rivers and lakes—hostile Arab regimes face their own symbolic downfall:
- Iran, the epicenter of genocidal anti-Israel rhetoric, is undergoing a catastrophic drought immediately after attempting to strike Israel. Prayers for rain produced rain—but for Israel, not Iran.
- Gaza, whose terrorists named their October 2023 atrocities “The Al-Aqsa Flood,” has now been swallowed by actual floods. Measure for measure, the land they claim to defend has become a muddy grave of their own making.
Just as the Flood began on 17 Marcheshvan according to most opinions, Gaza’s recent drowning aligned eerily with the same period—an unmistakable echo of divine response.
Israel: Nourished by Waters of Torah and Innovation
From Moshe saved on the Nile, to the Red Sea splitting, to Joshua stopping the Jordan’s waters, to Elijah drenching his sacrifice so God’s fire would demonstrate absolute truth—water has always confirmed God’s hand guiding Israel’s destiny.
And in our own era, the Jewish people continue to bring water—and life—to the Land:
- World-leading desalination
- Rejuvenation of the Kinneret
- Agricultural miracles in the Negev
- Water-sharing innovations benefiting global nations
Meanwhile, Israel’s enemies—rooted in hatred rather than holiness—face the judgement of the very element they weaponized metaphorically and politically.
The Eternal Message
Water reveals everything.
Those who cling to Torah are sustained.
Those who oppose Israel are swept away by their own cruelty and falsehood.
Indeed, as God promised Abraham:
“I will bless those who bless you, and those who curse you I will curse.”
Water has always testified to Israel’s truth—and today, it continues to judge our enemies.
