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The Holiday of Tisha B'Av

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Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

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a holiday is this supposed to be taken literally and actually this is taken in a very literal sense even halachically where the pascans that we don't say tach no non tishba of because tishb is a holiday it's a happy occasion what does this mean what what does the navi yermia mean that tishb is a my aid what kind of joyous element is there in tisha b'av how could the state that we don't say if there's any day of the year to say it would be tishaba we should be saying the whole day so i'd like to share with you two original thoughts into what is the joyous hidden nature of this day of tish above the jewish people have experienced so many tragic eras in our history be it the crusades in 1096 be at the forest explosions of uh and conversions of 1391 in portugal and spain be it the spanish inquisition 1492 khalmanitsky pogrom's holocaust the jewish people have experienced tragedy more than any other nation and incredibly the navi ishayah and the haftar of pasha's kisada say one of the shiva de nakamta tells us such moving words such stirring words and nobody usa says speaking on behalf of the rebounder shalom i have forsaken you only for a small moment [Applause] but with great mercy i'll gather you in paschatz of katsuff with a storm of first anger histarti funai i hid my face regamimek only for a moment but with eternal kindness i have had mercy on you says your redeemer god how does the navi describe all of the tragedy of the jewish people

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