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The Establishment of the USA - Shiva Asar B'Tamuz

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sh we're aware of the five tragedies that the mishna Theus records that occurred on chatas the were broken on chatas the carbon T was abolished the walls of the city of were breached they burned to sa for a AAR was put up in the in more modern times my good friend R David afman uh brought to my attention as well as Michael Schwarz child that another occurrence happened on CHAS batas and this was a discovery made by rendel kessen and this certainly worthy of our attention something happened 248 years ago July 4th 1776 the founding of the United States of America the adoption of the Declaration of Independence the United States of America began July 4th 1776 Shiva assar vas incredible how then are we supposed to view this great experiment of the United States of America does it fall in line in the prism of the five tragedies that occurred on shatas because we know that even though five tragedies occurred on shabas batas nevertheless the seed the latent potential of is one of great hope writes that and Russ came to the field of bayaz on a of pesak they stayed there for three months they were there on the 15th day of tamas Nami tells Russ you'll go to him tomorrow and he will tell you tomorrow on that day whether he'll marry you or not writes how was NAMI so confident that b will tell Russ whether he would marry her or not on that day says because that night would be the 17th of Tas and among the Ben Yehuda they did not consider that a good time it was a very ominous time and therefore they would refrain from getting married once the 3 weeks began and therefore Nami was confident she tells Ross he will tell you today whether he will marry you or not and indeed he married her that day and he consummated the marriage that night on sh and that very night the father of yesai the father of David was conceived so even though shasat is a time of tragedy for the Jewish people the latent potential of shasat is one of great hope the davidic monarchy and Dynasty be begins was conceived on shivar Bas that's why it is our tradition that Shas will turn into a great yam for the Jewish people that's why tells the people it will be a holiday of Hashem what was he referring to says because in the far off future will be a great Y how then do we view this experiment of the United States of America on the one hand the United States of America has been the single greatest Haven for the Jewish people in the Galas there has been a supernatural amount of flourishing of Tyra in the United States of America we have Yas today with thousands of students the likes of which we haven't seen in our history an entire this is all thanks to the Medina of the United States of America and on the other hand there has been a great hban that has come to the Jewish people through this Medina the assimilation rate in our country is 70% more Jews have disappeared in the United States of America in the spiritual Holocaust in the spiritual Wasteland even more than during the Holocaust so the United States for cl is is symbolized by shatas it's it has been a Mak of and it has been a Mak of great hope and it is up just like it is up to us to transform into a y that if we're able to be those areas that need indeed will be transformed into a y likewise it is our it is our responsibility to make sure that the experiment of 248 years ago that happened on is utilized in the proper way so that this Medina will continue to bring Aliyah and to but viewing the United States of America through the prism of the day that it was founded gives us a very important picture of how to view this Haven that the has provided us with which our tradition is that there will be 10 Exiles the Jewish people endure before the coming of mhia says last one is gas America that began