In between the Noah Anniversary Days of Cheshvan 10 and 17, is a grim and powerful anniversary of Nazi brutalities, destruction, horror, and terror in 1938 in Germany, annexed Austria, and parts of Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia. Kristallnacht. What were names for this dreadful night? It was "Night of Crystall" or "Night of Broken Glass" or "Reichskristallnacht" or "Pogromnacht" or "Novemberpogrome" on Cheshvan 15, which was 11-10 to 11 in 1938.
 
   Depending upon the calendar, either Hillel or Gregorian, the Anniversary 76 will be either Cheshvan 15 on 11-7 to 8 or 11-10 to 11. Which date will matter the most for Jews? It will be Cheshvan 15 from 11-7 to 8.
The desire of some to finish "The Final Solution" has not disappeared since 1942 when it began to be implemented. The following information about Kristallnacht is from aish. com.
 
   "In one night 1350 synagogues were burned to the ground or destroyed, over 91 Jews were killed: 30,000 Jews were thrown into concentration camps; 7000 businesses were destroyed; and thousands of Jewish homes were ransacked. Germany did not produce plate glass at that time, and it took Belgium's total plate glass production about 6 months to replace all the windows that were broken. To top everything off, the Jews were charged 1 billion Deutsch Marks to pay for all the damages. Every town, every place had its little "shteibel." Germany was filled with beautiful old synagogues that had been there for centuries. and overnight it all went up in flames. The Jews finally got the message: it was time to leave. But... where to go?"
 
   What were the answers for Jews of where to go? There were railway "cattle cars" to concentration camps - either death camps with fake shower/extermination chambers, or labor camps. Torture, cruelty, deaths, crematoria. It was crystal, broken glass, which was the symbol to release the cruelty, sadism, the horror, and the terror.
 
   The month of Cheshvan is Month 8 of the Spiritual Year for Israel. A curious thing about Psalm 114 as linked to 2014, there are 8 verses. Are we meant to connect this to Cheshvan and the 8 of the Noah family? The days of Noah from Cheshvan 10 to 17 remind us of water, of rain, of deluge then flood, surprise, terror, and deaths by drowning. A major theme of Kristallnacht was fire. The Days of Noah: water and death. The days of Lot: fire and death. The Master promises to come at a time when He is unexpected. Might it be a day in Cheshvan in 2014?
 
 
With Love and Shalom,
Jean