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Rabbi Yosef Palacci | Why We Still Mourn the Beit Hamikdash

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Rabbi Yosef Palacci

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When Yosef supposedly passed away, the brothers of Yosef tell their father, "By the way, Yaakov, your son died." They didn't say it like that. They showed him his coat full of blood. They're trying to comfort Yaakov. They're saying, "Don't worry. It'll be okay." Did Yaakov get comforted? Yes or no? No. Comforted? No comfort. One of the gifts that God gave us was to forget. But why is it a good thing to forget? When a person's relative passes away, the pain is so

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  1. 0:00When Yosef supposedly passed away, the brothers of Yosef tell their father, "By the way, Yaakov,
  2. 0:30relative passes away, the pain is so gruesome. The first three days are days of crying.
  3. 1:01Yosef. Why? Because Yosef never died. If that's the case, what did we just have? Tisha
  4. 1:32still exists. And therefore, we're comforted. Nachamu Nachamu Ami.

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