Although the Jewish population has struggled with keeping the state of Israel, and struggled with keeping our identity, we've always managed to keep the Torah alive. As a people, we've learned to memorize the words of the Torah and pass them down to generations below us to ensure the continuation of the Jewish religion. Similar to what we talked about it class regarding the Torah Sheba'al Pe, or oral Torah, having a verbal account on events that have occurred in our nations history can be very beneficial.
Author Simon Schama believes that the state of Israel has been a continuously flourishing area due to the words of our people. He states, "The Torah had everything a mentally omnivorous culture needed." If, God forbid, all written accounts of the Torah were destroyed, we would have our minds to continue on the generations.
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