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פורסם בראשון, 22 נובמבר 2020 16:33

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shabat devarim - shabbat before the fast of 9 Av‏

The Temples - 1st and 2nd - were destroyed on Tisha Bav (9 of the month of Av) - 

and this week's portion Devarim is always read the Shabbat before 9 Av 

So what's the deep connection between the 2? 

We all have heard the Psalm that says "Though I walk in the shadow of the Valley of Death..." 

How did King David get into there? Okay - he experienced it ALL -but 

How do WE fit into that FEELING? Why does the whole world know that Psalm? 

What is the MIRACLE of the destruction of Israel? THAT IT CAN'T HAPPEN !!! 

But we all face tragedies, failures - and sometimes FEAR - 

and King David taught us HOW to deal with these: 

to know (as the Psalm continues) "Because YOU are with me" 

Even during the Temple Destruction we were not destroyed! 

WE FAST in sadness on Tisha Bav - and hope we LEARNED OUR LESSON from the horrible events of the day 

- BUT it's not a simple fast for penitence like YOM KIPPUR 

Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach taught: 

The holy Reb Elimeilech of Grodzisk says that Moshe Rabeini said these lectures (lessons or criticism of the Israelites' complaints over 40 years -recited in the Portion of Devarim) in a hidden way.... 

(To teach us to RETURN- that is) Tshuva ... from Ahavas Hashem (love of G-d, and) then all the Aveiros (sins) become ...(counted as) Mitsvot, ... 

so when we say Mussar (constructive criticism ONLY) in a hinting way like Moses in this portion 

(it shows) we do it with Ahavas Hashem and Ahavas Yisroel (love of G-d and Israel) 

...(and) this is the real fixing... that will bring the rebuilding of the Beis Hamikdosh (Holy Temple) 

and (may) this very day Tisha beAv that we so mourn ... be turned around (as was prophesized) for the day Moshiach is born - 

(to fix the world) 

omein, 

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