Together Forever

Why are the Jewish people compared to a dove?

The mourning dove’s name comes from the sounds that it makes—a sad, haunting sound that can be mistaken for the hoot of an owl. These doves nest very efficiently. Their nests are often so loose that you can see the eggs through the bottom of the nest, and they can be built anywhere—a flowerpot, a cactus, or an air conditioner. Besides for mourning doves, all other species of doves are monogamous—they have one “spouse,” raising babies and staying together for life.

For this and many other reasons, Klal Yisrael is compared to a dove, in this case because of our loyalty to Hashem.