Life: A Short Film

BS"D Although well-intentioned, I believe this film may be misinterpreted. At the end the girl says if they don't remember then who will?"-Now, I may be wrong, but judging from the focus-on-the-positive/spiritual message the prior scenes have carried, and because her phrase was juxtaposed to be a counterbalance to the boy's phrase, what she meant was, "well if grandma and grandpa, who lived through this, chose to remember the positive aspect of this, and not focus (in fact not remember) on the negative aspect of this, then the whole world will see how we Jews were able to transform this whole ugly situation into a source of light"-Beautiful, right? I am only troubled by one aspect: it is not according to the Torah. When Jacob was preparing to meet Esau he did three things: 1) he first tried to appease Esau by sending him lavish gifts 2) he prayed to G-d to protect him from Esau and finally, when he saw that a confrontation was inevitable 3) he split his camp and prepared for battle. Although this film may be a beautiful representation of number two, it is incomplete in that it does not represent number one and number three. Although we all hope that we will be able to stop the Esaus with appeasement, and then we pray that we may be able to stop the Esaus by strengthening ourselves spiritually (as this film seems to imply) he must not forget that even someone who is such spiritual giant as Jacob must sometimes take up the sword and shield. I think we owe it to generations past, present, and future to utilize all three strategies correctly, as did our forefather Jacob.

realy inspiring

Iliana says it all, when toward the end she says, if we don't remember, who will? Some are already trying to convince the world that it didn't exist. If we don't remember, who will? Offers powerful but stimulating inspiration. Thank you.

this video is amazing and really inspiring

Strong message- gives us strength to endure troubles Thank You!!

thank you for posting this, it is so amazing

an amazing clip - I forwarded it on to a bunch of people ,a real tear jerker

HASHEM has stamped in our hearts LOVE AND LIFE. No tatoo can ever mark us for death. HASHEM blesses those who bless us but destroys those who curse us.

Thank you so much for this video. I love it... who made this video? is this video part of a movie? Please let us know... Feliz Hannukah

Brilliant film; thanks for sharing. Worth a donation to Aish as soon as I can afford it.

Wonderful - so moving

I love all the infor. thank you

Wow. Thank you for this video. It is so powerful...