Be Comforted, Be Comforted...My Nation!

What [music] is shabbat nachamu? Shabbat nachamu is meant to be the shabbat of consolation. It comes after three weeks of mourning. Mourning for the destruction of the temple. Mourning for the destruction of Yerushalayim. Mourning over the all the loss of the of the the tragedies that happened to the Jews over the past 2000 years. And after these three weeks, we now begin the weeks of consolation starting off with Shabbat nachamu. The we the shabbat of consolation. But what is the consolation? So the prophet Yeshayahu tells us that nachamu nachamu ami. What do we understand from nachamu nachamu ami? The most beautiful thing. Those three words, Hashem tells the Jews you should be comforted, you should be comforted. You know why? Ami. Because you are my nation. There's no other there's no greater consolation to feel for the Jews that despite everything that happened, despite the fact there's been so many years since the temple has been destroyed, you are still considered ami. [music] The nation of God. You are my nation, God says.