Av 17, 5770, 7/28/2010Consolation Eighty-One Years Later This is our consolation. We are here. We are in Israel, we are in Hebron, we are at Ma’arat HaMachpela. We did not fade away and dieThis past week I found Shabbat morning prayers at Ma’arat HaMachpela, the Tomb of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs in Hebron to be particularly poignant. There were three […]
Read moreAv: Remember, never forget, Gush Katif – Five years ago Tammuz 29, 5770, 7/11/2010 Tonight begins the new month of Av, and with it, the next nine days of mourning, remembering the destruction of the two Temples, the Beit HaMikdash.It’s not easy to mourn, to feel deep sadness for events that occured thousands of years ago. We never experienced the […]
Read moreTammuz 24, 5770, 7/6/2010 A Hebron Triple-header Yesterday was a triple-header. Three very different games. Sometime in the afternoon I discovered an item on the internet which, on one hand sent shivers down my spine, yet on the other hand seemed quite fitting for the days and weeks of mourning approaching the 9th of Av. The internet item sent me to […]
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