The Hidden “Good” of The The Three Weeks - Rabbi Aryeh Cohen

we're in the middle of vain amitsaram in the middle of the three weeks this most difficult time of the jewish year for our nation the time of the year when we commemorate then we remember all the tragedies that have befallen kleisther throughout all our history of all there has been hugging to put us in this place this difficult place this sad place at the same time it's a little bit strange you know we say it's three weeks 21 days and with so many different torahs 21 days can i get the 21 days of yantra throughout the year 21 days can i get the days from rosh hashanah through circus but is it really three weeks is it really 21 days add up the days from shivaji patamas until tish above there are actually 22 days forget about big nidra this year i'm saying in general there are 22 days of time is day one counted and you end tish above is day 22. so why we calling it three weeks why 21 days they're really 22 days when we think about the number 22 with kanekid the letters of the aleph base the letters of the alipays which we have uprooted throughout our history and led us to these days days of gollus days of difficulty when we don't keep torah mitzvos in the proper way there was a time in history when those letters flew up to shania were literally uprooted by the breaking of the luchas which was the first calamity of shiva surprise on that list in the gemara they were commemorating during these days so the first calamity the first difficulty the first tragedy day of all these days was in a certain sense the breaking of the luchos and the letters flying up the shamayim because i'll teach us only 21 out of 22 letters actually flew up to shamayim because there was one letter that wasn't on the first of the dibros that was the letter tess because the letter test represents 12 represents when things are good and the first leukos that we're going to be breaking broken couldn't have the letter test because they weren't good they were going to be broken as they were so 21 letters flew up to schneiderlin connected to 21 days of difficulty of tragedy but ultimately there are 22 days what's going on that 22nd day is tish above itself is the ninth of representing the letter test become after nine what does that mean that means of course we have to recognize we've had tragedy but we also have to recognize all the tragedy and all the difficulty there's only us and only to bring about and give birth to kula to redemption it's all here so that we do introspection we come out of this a different person and we change and we rectify that which we're doing wrong and then looking back it's going to be the best thing in the world for us and that's what the letter test really represents their nine months of pregnancy tests nine those months of pregnancy often are difficult ask any woman don't ask me the pain the suffering the nausea but all to lead to a birth to an incredible simcha so ultimately is that really bad it's awesome anyone takes that for the beautiful and so to on tish above itself on that ninth above yes there's destruction but all that destruction leads to birth that leads to the birth of mashiach was born on so it leads to gullah and all these days will lead to gula and all the difficulty that we go through in life we have to look at it not as difficulty yes we can be said that it happened and yes we have to do introspection because of it but only to inspire us to be better people to be better jews to serve akashbaraku with more passion to dive and better to be nicer to each other and then ultimately is all for the best ultimately it will let us to a beautiful wonderful place and it's going to give birth to the biggest symbol so that's why there are only 21 days because there aren't really full 22 days there aren't really full 22 letters that were destroyed one letter that represents tov that really represents all of this is to tell us that it's all really tough this is ending in the ninth of us and that letter test that ninth represents tov it's all good to see that to take these days seriously to uplift ourselves but ultimately recognize that it's going to give birth to all simcha and that's up to us it's up to us to take the day seriously to housing ourselves and to say hashem through our actions no longer should we see difficulty only here [Music]