# What's Our Role in This Historic Moment? Rav Moshe Taragin Reacts to the End of the War

From **Shtark Tank with Yaakov Wolff** by Yaakov Wolff.

- **Published:** Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:10:00 GMT
- **Duration:** 00:50:26
- **Audio:** https://anchor.fm/s/e45c8048/podcast/play/109902083/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-9-19%2F409561445-44100-2-9f3edd1b47f59.mp3
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<p>With tremendous historical events unfolding, I couldn’t record a regular episode.<br>This moment demanded more than another interview, it called for guidance and clarity.</p><p>What does this new chapter in our history mean?<br>What is <em>our role</em> right now?<br>How do we balance the whirlwind of emotions — gratitude, pain, pride, and confusion — that we’re all feeling?</p><p>I was grateful that <strong>Rav Moshe Taragin</strong> agreed to join me once again to help unpack these questions.<br>There’s truly no one who combines such deep Torah knowledge with historical awareness and a living connection to <em>Am Yisrael</em>.</p><p>Together, we explore how to:</p><ul><li><p>Hold joy and grief at the same time</p></li><li><p>Express real <em>hakaras hatov</em> — to Hashem, to soldiers, to each other</p></li><li><p>See the hand of Hashem in political and military reality</p></li><li><p>Understand what this <em>nes</em> demands of us</p></li></ul><p>A special, timely conversation for anyone trying to make sense of this historic moment.</p><p><a href="https://www.mtaraginbooks.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Click here </strong></a>to order Rabbi Taragin’s books including: Reclaiming Redemption: Demystifying the Maze of Jewish History and To be holy, but human- Reflections upon my Rebbe, Harav Yehuda Amital </p>