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Post by pieter on Jul 24, 2023 12:47:14 GMT -7
Tisha B'AvDestruction of the Temple of Jerusalem, by Francesco HayezTisha B'Av (Hebrew: תִּשְׁעָה בְּאָב (listen), lit. 'the ninth of Av') is an annual fast day in Judaism, on which a number of disasters in Jewish history occurred, primarily the destruction of both Solomon's Temple by the Neo-Babylonian Empire and the Second Temple by the Roman Empire in Jerusalem.
Tisha B'Av marks the end of the three weeks between dire straits and is regarded as the saddest day in the Jewish calendar, and it is thus believed to be a day which is destined for tragedy. Tisha B'Av falls in July or August in the Gregorian calendar.
The observance of the day includes five prohibitions, most notable of which is a 25-hour fast. The Book of Lamentations, which mourns the destruction of Jerusalem, is read in the synagogue, followed by the recitation of kinnot, liturgical dirges that lament the loss of the Temples and Jerusalem. As the day has become associated with remembrance of other major calamities which have befallen the Jewish people, some kinnot also recall events such as the murder of the Ten Martyrs by the Romans; expulsions from England, Spain, and elsewhere; massacres of numerous medieval Jewish communities during the Crusades; and the Holocaust.
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Post by pieter on Jul 24, 2023 12:51:05 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Jul 24, 2023 13:00:17 GMT -7
HaShem (Hebrew: השם hšm, literally "the name"; often abbreviated to ה׳ [h′]) is a title used in Judaism to refer to God. It is also a given name and surname.
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Post by pieter on Jul 24, 2023 13:15:47 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Jul 24, 2023 13:19:17 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Jul 24, 2023 13:23:13 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Jul 24, 2023 13:30:06 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Jul 24, 2023 13:34:29 GMT -7
19 jul 2021 A study of the Shabbat messages delivered in the Warsaw Ghetto by the Piaseczno Rebbe, Rav Kalonymous Kalman Shapiro. Delivered by Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich. Recorded at Congregation TBDJ on Tisha B'Av 5781.
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Post by pieter on Jul 24, 2023 13:35:43 GMT -7
15 jul 2021
In the book of Flavius Josephus, a Roman historian, he writes about a conversation between the Vespasian, his son Titus and the Roman generals.
The Roman generals came to Vespasian, at the time the head of the army in Judea, and asked him what he was waiting for. They had the city of Jerusalem under siege and surrounded, it was time to destroy the city. He said, no, the Jewish people will destroy themselves. How so? He answered that G-d is like a Roman general and that He is fighting for them more than anyone else – the Jews are so divided, they are fighting among themselves. If we fight them, they will unite and fight against us united, which will give them a chance. Disunited, they don’t have a chance. Leave them to their own devices, and they will destroy themselves from within.
Shockingly, that is what happened. As the Roman army came, all the other Jewish commanders came to the city, each one carrying their own views. All the Jewish sects were so disunited that they should be left, and as the Temple was being destroyed, the Jews were still fighting about who was right and who was wrong.
This was exactly the sinat chinam, the baseless hatred that our Sages explained destroyed the Temple.
If we want to rebuild Jerusalem today, there has to be a rectification. The political discourse has to change. When we argue with the other, delegitimize them, fight them to the death, when there is no reasonable discourse, we perpetuate the sin of the destruction.
May we come together as a people, not just in times of war, but also in times of peace. As we forge our way forward, may we be able to respect each other, engage in accepting discourse, disagree vehemently but validate the person, and through ahavat chinam we will build a common destiny together and rebuild Jerusalem and the Temple speedily in our days.
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Post by pieter on Jul 28, 2023 2:50:28 GMT -7
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