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Portion of Devarim and ADHD Nation - Tisha B'av and Mourning

If Jerusalem withstood the invading Sennacherib - why did it fall to the
Babylonians?

The prophets
said the nation acted rotten to its basic core - but what caused those sins?

And if they were so bad - how did we recover - and with the Help of
the Almighty - REBUILD the Temple and our Nation?

I believe the sins
that caused Jerusalem and the Temple to fall were NOT
inherent in our nation's soul -
but
were like a national "ADHD hormonal" affliction -
which caused havoc to our people - until some cures were discovered -

Mordechai (and Esther) medicine (as in Purim medicine);
Yearning to re-build therapy (as in Ezra and Nehemiah doctoring);
Research into Torah curative powers (as in the Mishna - Ethics of the Fathers,
etc).

Saturday we read
the Portion Devarim which starts with Moses reminding the
Israelites of their "imbalances" during the exodus-via-the-desert.

Saturday night we have an "almost" like Yom Kippur - a day of fasting - but

also a 25 hour day of mourning.

A couple of weeks ago I had the merit and sad task to eulogize a brilliant elderly friend.

A couple of thousand years ago there was only one lamenting Rabbi - Jeremiah the
Prophet. (He wrote the book we read Tisha B'Av night- Lamentations - Eichah - about the
destruction of the Temple and the downfall of our FIRST STATE of ISRAEL - may it never be repeated).

Today we are in a position to
finish the cure - re-build th Jewish People and the Jewish
State

with
Mordechai (and Esther) medicine - getting us to act together
Yearning to re-build therapy - going to Israel to visit and helping those who live that life and
Research into Torah curative powers - studying a little more Torah each day.

May we dance together at the
Holy Wall at the re-building of a Holy Temple.

Shabbat Shalom

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz

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