The mystical explanation of Tu Be'Av (The 15th of Av) - Rabbi Alon Anava

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[Music] tonight is going to be the 15th day of a which is called Tu is a also the hilula of a very great s [Music] called am ban not so known but he a very big sadik so should be for his in his Merit and for of his Great Soul but the 15th of a is known as theava the holiday of love and our sages say that at the time between Tav and tuav the single girls would go out to the fields dressed in beautiful clothes and uh celebrate and it would was a good very good time for for for dates and for for many reasons this they got the the the term of the holiday of love our sages saying Tu there were not greater days to the Jews Like yon kipur and tuav the 15th of and which obviously needs an explanation I mean Y kipur is a huge day the day of atonment and to seems like a regular day like nothing special so most of the first of all most people don't even talk about it's not like such a big day it's not such a big day and there's not such of a big deal going on with that day and if already somebody's talking about it they're talking about about marriage about how to find a date and so forth but the real essence of the holiday is something that I don't think enough people talk about or don't talk about it at all and which I think it's very important to emphasize it because this is the day every day of the year every specialicious time we mention whether it's a holiday if it's kanuka it's an auspicious time something can be achieved and there's special energy in

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