History: Matos-Masei be strong and flexible together - History says this is antidote to 9 days

we have two porsches together this week matas staff marseille traveling also means of course the tribes marseille travels the travels of the jewish people now there are many details in the parsha about the durham the laws of vows and other such things but the name of the portion expresses the overall theme of the portion so in this case mata is massi on one hand you need to be as strong and firm as a mata as a stick a staff there are times you need to stand up and not give in and then there are times you have to travel you have to be flexible and just keep on going i think the combination of the two is very appropriate to the time period we're in and the historical reality the reality is that it's the beginning of the nine days which is shelved tonight it goes for nine days and then we have two beau the 15th above which is the governor says there were no holidays as great and happiness as the 15th of why because it comes after bishop of the saddest day of the year but there's something more and important to understand when it comes to these days throughout jewish history we've had calamities and we've had unbelievable celebrations god makes the world in a way where it's balanced there's free will you have an option to see the cup half full or half empty tissue above is the time of the year and the nine days are the time of the year when it seems like the cup is half empty therefore the latter part of the month symbolized by the 15th of and what the gomorrah says the talmud says about it that i just cited is so high so great you see every downfall every descent its inner purpose and meaning is the ascent is the growth when we look at jewish history and we see all of the different trials and tribulations we the jewish people went through and particularly also the hasidic who suffered in the beginning in the hands of them is not them and later not even by must not them by others who pulled khasidism this was well planned by god almighty hashem wanted it to go this way you know why because hasidis would have never been appreciated if it didn't go through the hardships and the challenges so my friends when it comes to a three-week period and the nine days in particular become happy because history proves itself we've gone through this already a spanish inquisition helminski pogroms 1648-49 a first world war a second world war a pandemic we've had you read this the sense problems issues now we need to focus on the aliyah the up so i want every one of you to find something specifically during these nine days that you could see and say i'm positive about it i'm happy about it i understand how i can take the negative and make it into positive that's a goal that can be accomplished within nine days be it between yourself and god or between you and another person or being that we take this in a very serious way in a serious way meaning with simcha not with morbidity and melancholy but happiness that we have an opportunity to transform a difficult time into the highest best time hashem help it should be done with and will be done with the rebuilding of the basal mig there's the holy temple i mean if you may know amen beyond me