We’ve fasted; we’ve cried. What have we left undone?
Let us, though, take in this Tish’a B’av tidbit:
When you witness a Jew
1. Laying Tefillin just before sunset
2. Walking about, all day, in slippers
3. Not greeting you; not relating to you...
Let us, though, take in this Tish’a B’av tidbit:
When you witness a Jew
1. Laying Tefillin just before sunset
2. Walking about, all day, in slippers
3. Not greeting you; not relating to you...
4. Hasn’t learned [Torah] all day
5. Doesn’t smile at you
Judge him favorably. Perhaps today is his personal Tish’a B’av - the ruin of his home. Perhaps he’s not had to eat.
If we internalize this from Tish’a B’av, we’ll certainly hasten Redemption.
5. Doesn’t smile at you
Judge him favorably. Perhaps today is his personal Tish’a B’av - the ruin of his home. Perhaps he’s not had to eat.
If we internalize this from Tish’a B’av, we’ll certainly hasten Redemption.
(Forwarded to me, by someone dear to me.)
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