From Agony to Action and from Tears to Teshuva: Bringing the Geulah

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Efrem Goldberg’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

The 11th hour of approximately 15 minutes and in our time from now until then, I want to share a few closing thoughts, hopefully not only on this Tisha B'Av 5784, but I hope and I pray these are the closing thoughts on Tisha B'Av forever and ever. Because by next year we'll all be in Yerushalayim, have been a year, the undivided eternal capital of the Jewish people, celebrating the welcoming of Mashiach, enjoying the great barbecue of the Beit Hamikdash, speedily in our day. This Tisha B'Av maybe more than any, perhaps it's to be expected as the years go on, there are enough videos, enough films, enough movies that were released you could watch Tisha B'Av themed videos for days on end or weeks on end, certainly for 25 hours straight. And it's a beautiful thing and they're inspiring each in their own way, and certainly for those who are unable to attend in person to connect. Nevertheless, they add enormous value. But I worry and I fear that the presence of these multimedia reinforces this notion that Tisha B'Av we're just trying to distract ourselves. Tisha B'Av we're just avoiding looking at that clock and counting down how many hours or minutes are left. That Tisha B'Av is about just getting through it, getting by, putting it in the rearview mirror, completing it on the calendar, three weeks are behind us, and now we can enjoy the rest of this summer. But that mentality and that attitude, that approach, that perspective is entirely missing the point and missing the boat of what this day really all about. Last night, this morning, we sat on the floor, we cried, we grieved. We reviewed the events of October 7th and 10 months since, but we We re-tapped into all of Jewish history and its calamities. Collectively, communally, and individually, how many broken souls, how many carbonos of lives,

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