This Thursday is the Fast of the Tenth of Tevet. It commemorates the onset of the siege outside the walls of Jerusalem that led to the destruction of the Holy Temple on the Ninth of Av, 3 years and seven months later.
In addition, in our times it has become the date to say Kaddish for those martyrs of the Holocaust (and all the others through the centuries) whose date of death is unknown.
The first two and last articles touch on these two themes.
Articles 4 — 6 are for this week's Torah Reading, the last in the Book of Genesis
Chazak, chazak, v'hit'chazeik!