Rabbi Shlomo Landau - 17 of Tamuz

it's so hard to believe that we're back here again the three weeks the nine days shivasa batama's Tish above Corbin sadness destruction of the base I vividly remember at the end of this above last year hoping that the tears and the sadness of the three weeks would be something of the past and that in the upcoming year shivasa batamas would be a yantef and the three weeks and Tish above would be the latter day of yantiff but alas we're here again today and achievasa batamas And We Begin Again to get into the mindset of mourning for the qurban and today we fast brought on this Farm akadashim something very precious imagine for a moment a father who has a very very sick child who's in terrible pain and he's sitting next to his child and his child is crying out in agony and they offer the father here have a sandwich eat something with houses I'm sorry I can't eat while I see my child in such pain in such hurt and in such Agony and refuses to eat we have to understand that there's an incredible pain he's in agony that he's not able to have his home and to have his children where they're supposed to be and think about the 80 percent of Claus or that don't even know that shivas or batamas today imagine that Sarah The Agony and the pain that akashbargo feels when we don't eat today and we say Hashem you're in pain and therefore I can't bring myself to put food in my mouth while my father is in pain that's a tremendous sagula because it shows how much we care about the Republic and the Rebellion sees that he reciprocates in kind he says if you care so deeply about me then I'll care so deeply about you and it's a day of great Yeshua amongst the avalis and amongst the sadness let's take a moment today to reflect about the tsarashtrina the life is not perfect without a base the life is not optimal without living in heret Israel and living in the way we're supposed to and hopefully if we feel some of that will say while you feel my pain I'm going to help you with your pain but be the revolution will say it's enough and base Russian this will be the year that we won't make it to Tish above of incredible celebration