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the ways that will allow Israel to crumble “Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, To truly merit happiness, we must also
from within. The tanks and nuclear weap- All you who love her! Join in her jubilation, mourn.
ons are not the essence, he says. The essence All you who mourned over her.” One who cultivates a spiritual connection
is Israel’s faith and Jewish identity. Without
such inner resilience, they are like cobwebs. Chazal comment on this verse: ל ֵּ ב ַא ְת ִּ מ ַה לׇ ּ כ with the destroyed Yerushalayim through-
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 out his life will better appreciate its rebuild-
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If Nasrallah understood this dynamic, of ing. When we truly understand the reasons
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ground flour and a destroyed Temple, surely ּ ה ָת ָח ְמ ִׂש ְב ה ֶאֹור ֹוני ֵא םִי ַל ָ ׁשּורְי, “Whoever mourns for the Churban, we can begin to repair.
we can understand it too? for Jerusalem will merit and see her future
joy.” The Talmud divulges the first question we
will be asked when we enter the World to
Yerushalayim is not just a prize received at Come: ה ָעּו ׁשי ִל ָתי ִּ פ ִצ, “Did you look forward to
The Shabbat following Tisha B’Av is the end. This is something much deeper.
called Shabbat Nachamu, named after Redemption?” Meaning, did you accept the
the first verse in the haftarah: ּומ ֲח ַנ One who didn’t study for the test and hap- situation, or did you try to fix it? Did you
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4י ּ מ ַע ּומ ֲח ַנ, “Be comforted, my people.” pened to get 100 will not rejoice in the same strive for Geula?
way as someone who studied, worked hard
This Shabbat is the first in a series of Sheva and invested. A guest at a sumptuous meal
deNechemta, the seven Shabbatot of comfort
between Tisha B’Av and Rosh Hashanah, will not enjoy it as much as the host who Sivan Rahav Meir and Yedidya Meir are
when we read seven haftarot of Geula, all took the trouble to cook, prepare and set popular Israeli media personalities and
written by Yeshayahu. the table. World Mizrachi’s Scholars-in-Residence.

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One of the verses he writes is: ם ל ָׁשּורְי ת ֶא ּוח ְמ ִש To appreciate what we have, we must Members of the Mizrachi Speakers Bureau
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ָ הי ֶל ָע םי ִל ְּב ַא ְת ּ מ ַה ל ָּכ שֹוׂש ָמ ּ ה ּ ת ִא ּוׂשיׂ ִש ...ה ָב ּולי ִג ְו, acutely feel what we don’t. mizrachi.org/speakers
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