Short Thought on the Three Weeks | By Rav Asher Weiss Shlit"a (5786)

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So, this Thursday is already Shiv Asar B'Tammuz and we are entering the three weeks, the three weeks of mourning. Valid similes which are the corners of Naveen summer of Eva summer mission summer Eva summer Syria. Four days which are all associated with Horban base hamikdash. Shivah Asar B'Tammuz roof core ear. The chima fell and the Romans stormed the city in Tisha B'Av Nissan haheichal. So, these are the three weeks in which we are no egg certain minhag aveilus. Shavua she-chul b'Tisha B'Av according to Ashkenazim Tisha's Yamin and some halachas in the entire three weeks. Kol hamisabelim al Yerushalayim zocheh veroeh b'vinyana is a promise of Chazal at the end of Maseches Taanis. The Chasam Sofer has a powerful word that he says Chazal don't say Kol hamisabelim al Yerushalayim yizkeh veyireh b'vinyana b'lashon osid, but rather zocheh veroeh b'vinyana b'lashon hoveh. And the Chasam Sofer says the fact that after 2,000 years we have not forgotten Yerushalayim the fact that after 2,000 years each and every year we sit on the floor and we cry and we say Kinnah on Churban Yerushalayim proves that Yerushalayim doesn't belong to the past. It's the present and not the past. We have not forgotten. No other nation in the world cries over tragedy that has struck thousands of years ago. So, the Chasam Sofer says in fact that we are misabel at Yerushalayim, one could see that Yerushalayim is alive. Yerushalayim is with us. And Yerushalayim will be restored. And this is a dream that will be fulfilled. It was partially fulfilled in our time. So, call him a misabel Yerushalayim and I will be in Yona. Are we Yotzei the only with avelus? Or maybe we are required to do something more than avelus. Yerushalmi says,

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1. 0:00So, this Thursday is already Shiv Asar B'Tammuz and we are entering the three weeks, the…
2. 0:32B'Av Nissan haheichal. So, these are the three weeks in which we are no egg certain…
3. 1:35on Churban Yerushalayim proves that Yerushalayim doesn't belong to the past. It's the present and not…
4. 2:35and I call this Yerushalmi many times, people aren't aware of the exact lesson of Chazal.…
5. 3:36Somebody bears responsibility. So, many times I gave a mussar. Mother leaves the house for 10…
6. 4:37Someone did it and I want to know who." So, when we say the destruction of…
7. 5:38By its shining, they were diligent in their mitzvahs. They learned with diligence. Senseless hatred destroyed…
8. 6:42this is a very painful time in Klal Yisrael. So, besides the terrible threats that we…
9. 7:42thought I'm going to fix the world." Many years passed, and I saw I'm not fixing…
10. 8:45la'havis ahava v'achva v'shalom v'reiyus, and bring people together. And uh try to do whatever we…

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