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Rabbi Gary's Shabbat message - October 14, 2023 - Tarzana, CAThe prophet Zechariah (12:1-5) speaks of a future time when the nations surround Israel will go on the offensive against Israel. Though speaking of the future, nevertheless much of what is said here can be seen in a limited fashion of what is yet to come.In this passage Zechariah speaks of surround nations. In Psalm 83 we know what the surrounding nations consist of. They are Edom (currently located in southern Jordan), Ishmaelites (Arab groups without a particular national identity), Moab (currently located in the center of Jordan), Hagrites (Egyptians), Gebal (Lebanon), Ammon (currently located in northern Jordan), Amalek (an ancient ancestors of the sone Arab groups), Philistia (currently the location of Gaza), Tyre (Lebanon), and Assyria (currently encompassing Syria and areas to the north).These are the nations of peoples who are currently engaged in the war between Israel and Hamas. Jerusalem will become a "basin that will cause stag