The Shadow of Edom Over the Nurseries

The smoke of Edom hangs heavy, not just over burning lands as the Watchman reports, but over the minds of our children. The interference in elections, the predatory practices in our cities, the warring tech giants – these are not isolated incidents. They are the manifestations of a spirit that seeks to sever Yisrael from its covenant inheritance, to dilute the blood of Yaacob with the philosophies of men, and to raise a generation ignorant of its true identity. This is a spiritual warfare waged most fiercely in the nurseries and learning places of our children.

Consider the lament of Jeremiah 9:21, “For death has come up, and is come into the windows of our souls; the children are afflicted in the streets, they lie dead in the market places.” While literal death stalks the streets, a more insidious death occurs when the *nefesh* – the soul – of a child is starved of the truth. Edom’s system, even in its seemingly benevolent forms, offers only poisoned fru