Refusing to Panic during PURIM
Though recent weeks in Ukraine have been on edge, with the threat of war, our precious Messianic Jewish friends are pressing on with their Purim (Feast of Esther) celebration events. Each city faces its on challenge; Crimea is under siege. Kiev and Odessa have movement about their cities, but things remain tense. Eastern Ukraine is extremely volatile according to news reports.
As the L-RD G-D of Israel delivered His people from an evil plot, would it not be correct to pray for Ukraine's deliverance? After all, 300,000 to 500,000 Jewish people live in Ukraine.