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Is the Churban the Source of All of Our Troubles? Chazkeinu Tisha B'Av Event

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Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

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Okay. >> Okay. We just want to welcome Rabbi Gladstein token's um tishab event. Thank you for taking the time. Rabbi Gladstein is a RV respected author and international speaker. He has delivered thousands of widely viewed and downloaded sharim on platforms like Torah Anytime, U Torah and Karama. Ravi Gladstein is also a renowned art scroll author and continues to teach and inspire audiences around the world. Thank you for and you can begin. Okay. Thank you for the generous introduction. So, I'd like to uh speak with you today about somewhat of a philosophical question that could help us perhaps put into more of a personal context. In one of the kinos, we say for the destruction of the temple that was destroyed. I'll compose a new eulogy every year. In other words, we're saying that as bad as the destruction of the B mikdash was, it gets worse and worse every year. So, the question that I would like to uh discuss is do all of our problems come from the destruction of the Ba Mikdash? You know, everyone has challenges in life aside from the fact that we don't have a BA mikdash and we're in gulas. Everyone has personal challenges and personal difficulties whatever it may be. Does that come from the fact that we don't have a bas mikdash or if somebody is suffering emotional distress? If someone has a family issue does that is that sourced in the destruction of the ba mdash? Somebody has a health crisis is that somehow connected to the destruction of the ba mikdash. So there's a medish. The medish is also

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  2. 1:34mikdash and we're in gulas. Everyone has personal challenges and personal difficulties whatever it may be.…
  3. 3:12over the destruction of the Ba Mikdash? And gifter said that from here we derive a…
  4. 4:49every year we would compose a new ele ka every year because as bad as the…
  5. 6:29kaniski pgrams on tishaba said because they're not really connected to the destruction of the bas…
  6. 8:40sandwich. So you eat that sandwich and afterwards you're going to say you're going to thank…
  7. 10:15feel sad. I don't know if I'm feeling happy, I'm not gonna feel sad. And vice…
  8. 11:50Likewise, if you tell somebody in the middle of the day, thank Hashem for taking us…
  9. 13:26a tool could be we could channel those feelings of sadness and say okay I'm feeling…
  10. 15:00great blessing and will certainly help us navigate all of the issues that we have. But…

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