Community Magazine September 2019

Elul 5779 September 2019 89 Efraim Harari Connection food]. On an individual level, too, the Persians were steeped in hunger and desire: They eat and drink like a bear . Achashveirosh's enormous feast is proof of how busy the Persians were with chasing their desires. The Jewish people, though, are not supposed to be like this. To the contrary, a Jew in galut , exile, should never get too comfortable; he is supposed to be like a wanderer who has no rest. If the Jew does become too satisfied in galut , then the bear, who “has no rest,” is sent to remind him of his role. This was the situation in the times of Achashveirosh. The Jews indulged themselves in his feast. Because they were becoming too comfortable in galut , they were attacked by the “bear”; Achashveirosh, king of Persia, turned against them and sealed a decree to destroy them. Only when the Jews returned to Hashem through fasting and prayer was the decree canceled. Available Online and at All Judaica Stores! The Latest Book by The Jewish World of Wonders Fascinating Questions & Answers on the Mysteries of the Animal Kingdom Can be ordered online at: www.israelbookshoppublications.com and Amazon. Grizzly bear attacks are not like lion or leopard attacks. Those animals only strike when they’re hungry. Grizzly bears, on the other hand, attack whenever they feel threatened. Generally, grizzlies do not seek to harm people. They actually avoid contact with humans, and, as long as they do not feel intimidated, are quite passive. However, grizzlies become annoyed easily, and whenever this happens, they react aggressively, in an extremely violent manner. Most grizzly attacks on people are the result of a person accidentally wandering into the bears’ territory and surprising the animals. The person may have been innocently hiking in the mountains or the forest, but when he comes across the grizzly bear, the bear assumes it is being threatened, as it didn’t hear the person coming and was taken by surprise. It therefore responds by pouncing on the person. If the bear is a female one, with cubs to protect, then it is especially paranoid and becomes even more dangerous when feeling threatened.