קרא עלי מעוד (איכה א.טו) בגמרא: ויבכו העם בלילה ההוא – ואותו לילה ליל תשעה בעב היה ואמר הקב״ה״ אתם בכיתם בכיה שלחינם ואני אקבע לכן בו בכיה לדורות (סנחדרין ד). declared upon me this appointed time (Eikha 1.15). In the Gemara: “the people wept that night” – that same night was the night ofContinue reading “Tisha B’Av 5785: Our Joy is turned to Sorrow”
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Shabbat Shelakh L’kha: Israel Is Neither Here Nor There
This week’s parashah is a turning point for our people, and not a good one. Astonishingly enough, the journey from the foot of Mt Sinai to the edge of what the Torah calls the Land of the Promise is relatively very short: our ancestors began to journey in last week’s parashah and already they haveContinue reading “Shabbat Shelakh L’kha: Israel Is Neither Here Nor There”
Torah for the 21st Century by Rabbi Ariel Stone 