The Three Weeks

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The opening of this shiur, in SeforimChatter with Nachi Weinstein’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Welcome to Small Talk by Sefaria in Chatter. I'm Nachi Weinstein. >> [music] >> On this episode of Small Talk, I'm going to be joined once again by Rabbi Emmanuel Bernstein, who currently teaches in Yeshivas Machon Yaakov in Yerushalayim as well as in various seminaries, gives a popular weekly show on Chumash that's open to the public, and has published a number of books as well. In this episode, we'll be discussing his newest book, which is From Ruins to Redemption, Opening the Mind and Heart to the Three Weeks and Tisha B'Av, published by Mosaica Press. So, thank you, Rabbi Bernstein, for joining me. >> Thank you, Nachi Weinstein. It's a pleasure to be back. Thanks for having me. >> [clears throat] >> What can you tell the listeners about this book? >> Well, you know, I I've written a number of books on the the Mo'adim, and the reason why is because I feel that when a Yom Tov comes, people are looking for a connection. They know what to do, they know what not to do, but in terms of what's happening, sometimes that kind of goes missing. But, people are looking for it. When it comes to the Three Weeks, I think it's especially challenging. You know, it's the middle of the summer, and everyone is is kind of doing okay. Um, and all of a sudden, we're like we're in mourning for something that we didn't know. It's difficult to tap into the inner atmosphere of the Three Weeks, harder, I think, than it is, for example, teshuvah during Elul, where people want to do teshuvah, want to do better, hopefully. But, here, often the result is that the Three Weeks

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1. 0:00Welcome to Small Talk by Sefaria in Chatter. I'm Nachi Weinstein. >> [music] >> On this…
2. 1:00comes to the Three Weeks, I think it's especially challenging. You know, it's the middle of…
3. 2:34has that case of that woman in Rabban Gamliel's neighborhood, her son died and she was…
4. 4:07going beyond the letter of the law. So, you want to just discuss it brief or,…
5. 5:41very I would say workable approach to sinas [clears throat] chinam where it it's otherwise just…
6. 7:12which are the between the dire straits, things constrict so much, you're left with no choice…
7. 8:44what really really struck me is the haftorah of the first of the shiva d'nechemta pardon…
8. 10:14is that we didn't forget. We didn't allow a year to go by and be completely…
9. 11:48know, when you think about it, we've spent more of our national history in exile than…
10. 13:19>> So, ultimately, what is it that you're trying to accomplish with this book? >> Um…

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