The story of Rahab (Rachav) has always haunted me. For decades I have been studying Judaism as a Gentile and the story of Rachav would often provide an example of a perfect faith and love of the Jewish Creator. Historically, Rachav was a Cannanite woman (a Gentile not a Jew) who aided Israelite spies in Jericho – thus aligning her name with the concept of shelter and intervention. Furthermore, her soul was transformed via the awe she felt witnessing the power of G_d in the world and channelling that awe, not to fear, but to enduring love and conversion of the heart.

…And she said to the men, I know that the Lord has given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted away because of you… Yehoshua 2:9

Rachav is an example of beauty and simplicity of faith, yet her abode is within the walls… the walls of ego…

And it was at the seventh time, the priests blew with the trumpets, and Joshua said to the people, Shout, for the Lord has given you the city. Yehoshua 6:16

The long blast on the trumpets (rams’ horns) lowered the walls of Jericho…

My offer to you, dear reader, is to join us in lowering the wall of ego, having perfect faith in The Creator, as we provide a buffer between the Gentile and Jew, as we explore the wonders of the Torah, may we then assist the Jews in attaining their ‘promised land’ in the spirit of Rachav.

Conquest, not by the sword but by the wisdom of The Word (the Shout). We want hearts to melt. Education not intimidation. Dialogue without ego. Friendship via the agreement of the scarlet cord. The world needs those with the soul of ‘Rachav’, willing to learn, share and protect His chosen people.

This transformation through awe to love is symbolic of Rachav,org and its prime function. We seek to form a ‘buffer’ to Israel in order to protect via educative endeavours to explain the wonder of Hashem to the world in an interpretive and non-invasive way.

We tolerate no missionary activity and our task is not to change ideology through conversion but rather to sow the seeds in fertile soil enabling the truth of Hashem to emerge from behind the clouds of oppression, hatred, misunderstanding, antisemitism etc. into the full revelation of a wonder beyond compare.

No member of Rachav.org should seek any reward save a reassurance that he/she may be serving G_d through no witness; save that He sees all.

As we enter troubling times for Israel in the world, Rachav.org seeks to stand in the way, armed only with words of confidence that Hashem is the cause of every event, but this requires a change of heart. He gives us the questions and His infinite chessed has wrapped the answers in layers of struggle, hatred and misinformation. We do not know the answers but we are willing to search for His truth whatever the personal cost, knowing only one thing, that the existence of Israel separates us all, Gentile and Jew, from existence or nullification.