This Shabbat, the first after Tisha B'Av, is special; it is known as the 'Shabbat of Consolation', after the first words of the Haftorah: "Nachamu, Nachamu, Ammi" [Comforted, be comforted, My people."

In addition, there is a not-so-well known holiday that falls this week, when the single Jewish women used to dance and sing together in the fields. (Lead article)

Article #3 is from our translation of a book, Tuv HaAretz, devoted to Kabbalah teachings about the Holy Land of Israel.

Spectacularly, the Weekly Reading contains both the first paragraph of Judaism's primary prayer, Shema Yisrael (articles #2, 5, 7), as well as a repetition of the Ten Commandments (#5, #6).