A #TishaBAv thread
Are you in possession of a family heirloom? It could be a piece of jewelry, a candlestick or chalice, an ancient book.
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Are you in possession of a family heirloom? It could be a piece of jewelry, a candlestick or chalice, an ancient book.
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The value of an heirloom extends far beyond its appraisal value. It speaks to your family’s place in history. Heirlooms remind you of legacies. They may even point you toward your destiny.
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Some heirlooms are less tangible - a poem, a tune that has been handed down, through the generations.
Today, Tish’a B’av, is one such heirloom.
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Today, Tish’a B’av, is one such heirloom.
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Jews, the world over, are fasting and mourning. They’re fasting and chanting ancient dirges this year, as they did last year, on this date, and the year before that.
So did their parents, grandparents, and great grandparents, in an unbroken chain that spans millennia.
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So did their parents, grandparents, and great grandparents, in an unbroken chain that spans millennia.
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Jews are mourning the loss of the First and Second Commonwealth. They mourn the destruction of their ancient sanctuaries, each of which stood, millennia ago, on the Temple Mount.
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We’ve been mourning since before the birth of Christ, before Islam was conceived, before the Jihads and Crusades.
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If there is any comfort to be taken in the painful heirloom that has been faithfully transmitted across scores of generations, it’s that Tish’a B’av assures us of our history; it points us toward our destiny.
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You see, we don’t simply mourn the loss of our temples, we, in parallel fashion, yearn for their rebuilding. We pray and strive for the return of Tziyon.
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“And even though he (Mashiach, the harbinger of Tziyon) tarries, with all that, I long for him, every day, that he may come.”
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