Friday 19 July 2013

Shabbat Nachamu and Tu B'Av: NEW BEGINNINGS

From the archives of Nishma's Online Library,  we have chosen an article that relates to our present time period, both to direct you to this dvar Torah but also for the purposes of initiating some discussion.

This Shabbat, of course, is Shabbat Nachamu and this Monday is Tu B'Av. The question is more than just how these two days are connected -- which they invariably must be -- but also how these two days, in turn, flow from Tisha B'Av. How is it, in respect to the calendar dates, that the happiest day of the Jewish year follows so closely on the heals of the saddest? More specifically, how is this indicated in the actual manner in which these days are/were marked?

We invite you to begin your investigation of this subject with this Insight at http://www.nishma.org/articles/insight/insight5757-18.htm

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