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Kabbalah Online Magazine
Week of Va'etchanan 5777
Vol. 13 No. 44, 7 - 13 Menachem Av, 5777 / Jul. 30 - Aug.5, 2017
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A note from the staff of Kabbalah Online in Tzefat
The first three articles are for Tisha B'Av, the major 25 hour fast from Monday sunset to Tuesday nightfall,
in recollection of the destruction of the two Holy Temples in Jerusalem. The last three are for the Weekly Reading, Vaet'chanan, known as the "Shabbat of Consolation" ("Nachamu") and which contains the "Shema Yisrael" prayer and the Ten Commandments. Dedication
and grant us a our portion in Your Torah." May we soon see the fast day of Ninth of Av transmuted into a day of holiday and rejoicing. |
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| Tisha b’Av | |
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Glass-Half-Empty Consciousness of Tisha b’Av
— We weep for the sorry state of our reality, yet find a way to embrace the present with unconditional acceptance.
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Star of the Pre-Tisha B’Av Menu
— The Lubavitcher Rebbitzin herself used to arrange the meal before the fast for her husband.
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Missing Mother
— Based on Zohar Chadash, Eicha 91a
We are not able to comprehend how great Israel was at the time of the Temple, and how evil was its destruction. |
| Self-Improvement | |
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Submitting to the Flow
— The sefira of hod molds meaningful acceptance
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| Weekly Torah Reading | |
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Struck with a Sledgehammer During Prayer
— When an untoward thought arises in one's mind during prayer, it is so that he can rectify it and raise it back to its Source.
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Audio-Visual Connections
— Moses asked that G-d shine like the sun upon the Jewish People.
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| Mystic Story | |
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From Fire to Ice
— “I give in. We’ll go to the Premishlaner Rebbe for Shabbos Nachamu,” he promised his wife.
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