Thursday, July 22, 2021

This should be the Last Tisha B'av

Another year we sat on the floor again.
Chazal say כל המתאבל על ירושלים - זוכה ורואה בשמחתה. ושאינו מתאבל על ירושלים - אינו רואה בשמחתה
Hopefully this will be the last tisha Bav we had. We await the geula and hope for the day to become a moed speedily in our days. This year Tisha B'av followed a string of recent tragedies that hit klal yisrael a reminder of the golus.

It should be the last Tisha B'av because we don't know what to mourn and how to mourn.
Unfortunately we are at a time in history that the sad day of Tisha Bav is  sadly no more. Sitting on the floor reading the kinnus in shul is not what the children are growing up with today. The day has been taken over and abused.

Ask a kid today what they know about Tisha Bav and see what the the first thing that comes to mind is.  It has become movie day of video binge watching,  marketers use it as a release date for high end productions, premiers and to at times to push agendas.
(Modern technology allows us to sit in the  comfort of our homes and listen to inspiring
shiurim and speeches live streaming  online. These programs are not entertaining in nature its a live drasha broadcasted)
 The  messages in these videos  may be sincere in spreading ahavas chinom, the ills of Lashon hora and sinas chinom. Perhaps all this preparation should be done before tisha bav in the days leading up to it so people can utilize the day properly. It should not be a day we look forward to, but as  a day we look forward to become a Yom Tov משום דאיקרי מועד

1 comment:

  1. What does a documentary on Rav Pam have to do with tisha bav or a 2 hour video pushing newly weds to sign a heskem prenup before the wedding
    This is so absurd and no one even blinks or cares. That is the biggest churban

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