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The Shabbat following Tisha B’Av for Jerusalem will merit and see her future its rebuilding. When we truly understand
is called Shabbat Nachamu, named joy.” the reasons for the Churban, we can begin
after the first verse in the haftarah: to repair.
4י ּ מ ַע ּומ ֲח ַנ ּומ ֲח ַנ, “Be comforted, my Yerushalayim is not just a prize received at
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the end. This is something much deeper.
people.” The Talmud divulges the first question we
One who didn’t study for the test and will be asked when we enter the World to
This Shabbat is the first in a series of Sheva happened to get 100 will not rejoice in the Come: ה ָעּו ׁשי ִל ָתי ִּ פ ִצ, “Did you look forward
deNechemta, the seven Shabbatot of comfort same way as someone who studied, worked to Redemption?” Meaning, did you accept
between Tisha B’Av and Rosh Hashanah, hard and invested. A guest at a sumptuous the situation, or did you try to fix it? Did
when we read seven haftarot of Geula, all meal will not enjoy it as much as the host you strive for Geula?
written by Yeshayahu. who took the trouble to cook, prepare and
set the table.
One of the verses he writes is: ת ֶא ּוח ְמׂ ִש
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םי ִל ְּב ַא ְת ּ מ ַה ל ָּכ שֹוש ָמ ּ ה ּ ת ִא ּושי ִש ...ה ָב ּולי ִג ְו םִ ל ׁשּורְי To appreciate what we have, we must
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ָ הי ֶל ָע, “Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad acutely feel what we don’t.
for her, All you who love her! Join in her To truly merit happiness, we must also Sivan Rahav Meir and Yedidya Meir are
jubilation, All you who mourned over her.” mourn. popular Israeli media personalities and
World Mizrachi’s Scholars-in-Residence.
Chazal comment on this verse: ל ֵּ ב ַא ְת ִּ מ ַה ל ּ ׇכ One who cultivates a spiritual connec-
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ל ַע ל ֵּ ב ַא ְת ִמ ֹוני ֵא ֶ ׁש ְו ּ ה ָת ָח ְמ ִש ְּ ב ה ֶאֹור ְו ה ֶכֹוז םִי ַל ָ ׁשּורְי ל ַע tion with the destroyed Yerushalayim Members of the Mizrachi Speakers Bureau
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ּ ה ָת ָח ְמ ִׂש ְב ה ֶאֹור ֹוני ֵא םִי ַל ָ ׁשּורְי, “Whoever mourns throughout his life will better appreciate mizrachi.org/speakers
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