Erev Tisha B'Av 2024! Rabbi Baruch Rosenblum Parashat Devarim - On the Essence of the Month of Av

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The Torah portion we will read, God willing, this Sabbath is Parashat Devarim, the year 5784. We dedicate this lesson to the healing of Marat Bracha bat Rivka Matal, to the healing of Rabbi Yosef ben Yechia, HaPerat Chaya bat Ganya, Liora Meira bat Malka, [name unclear] Raz Uriel ben Osnat, and Rabbi Raul ben Dovid. This Sabbath, God willing, we begin the Book of Deuteronomy. Parashat Devarim. And before we speak a little about matters of Tisha B'Av, I would like to open with a brief word regarding the weekly Torah portion, in terms of what is frequent versus what is not. That which is frequent comes first. The portion opens: "These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel: in the wilderness, in the Arabah, opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-Zahab." Moses our Teacher enumerates all the places where the people of Israel sinned. Of course, these things were said in hints. Moses our Teacher does not speak of the sins themselves. He only hints at the places where the people of Israel sinned. "In the wilderness," Rashi says, refers to how they angered Him in the wilderness and said, "If only we had died in the wilderness!""In the Arabah"—what they sinned in Shittim; likewise "opposite Suph"—what they said about the Sea of Reeds: "Is it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to die in the wilderness?""Between Paran and Tophel and Laban"—we searched the entire Scripture, says Rashi, and we found no place called Tophel and Laban; rather, he rebuked them for the words they spoke about the manna; they spoke against the manna and said, "We are loathsome of this light bread," and the

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