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Tammuz 17, 5771 * July 19, 2011
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Editor's Note:
Seven-year-old David is punished by his grandmother. "You may not play outside with your friends today," she instructs. "You must stay in this house and go to bed an hour early." Of course, David wants to know why. Her answer: "Forty-two years ago your mother and her siblings didn't listen when I called them to come inside for supper. They kept playing basketball in the neighbor's yard." David scratches his head and wonders why he is being punished for something his mother, her brother and two sisters did forty-two years earlier.
This week we observe the 17th of Tammuz, a day of fasting to commemorate the day the walls of Jerusalem were breached following a long siege, ultimately leading to the destruction of the Temple three weeks later at the hands of the Babylonians, and then a second time, centuries later, by the Romans.
Why are we, today, fasting for the destruction that occurred over 2,000 years ago? It's certainly not our fault that the Temple was destroyed. Those responsible are long gone. The Jewish people at that time refused to listen to the many prophets who warned them to repent and better their ways. Two thousand years later we are still suffering the consequences of their misbehavior.
Sounds like little David being forced to pay the price for his parent's misbehavior, doesn't it? But there's a difference. David is powerless to fix his parent's mistake. We are not.
According to the Talmud, "Every generation for which the Temple is not rebuilt, it is considered as though the Temple was destroyed for that generation." Taking this into consideration, the fast day becomes a day of opportunity and growth, rather than a day of sadness and punishment. It becomes a day when we are empowered to rectify the cause of the Holy Temple's destruction, by actively looking for opportunities to perform good deeds.
The mitzvot we do benefit not just ourselves, but the entire Jewish nation. In his works, Maimonides describes a global scale, where good deeds and not-good deeds are weighed against each other. Each mitzvah that we perform adds weight to the "good side," joining thousands of years of good deeds, dedication and service by our ancestors. If we keep in mind that our next action may the very one that will tip the scale in our favor, perhaps we will be inspired to perform just one extra mitzvah. And maybe, just maybe, that good deed will be the one to catapult us out of this long exile and into messianic times—may that be very soon.
Miriam Szokovski,on behalf of the Chabad.org Editorial Team
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THIS WEEK'S FEATURES:
WHEREVER WE WANDER . . .
A Pastor's Journey to Judaism (Video) (By Yaakov Parisi)
Once an evangelical pastor, Yaakov Parisi shares the fascinating story of his lifelong spiritual journey.
WATCH (51:52) >> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=ACBACE758FD3E919620D07205AA9BA75&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
The Four Captives (By Nissan Mindel)
Looking over his human booty, the pirate did not fail to notice the four venerable rabbis, and he knew that they would bring a handsome price . . .
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=E6061528CA2B02CF00B9892B2B252994&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Rabka (Video) (By Mark Goldfinger)
In 1940, when Mark Goldfinger was 9, the SS set up an academy near his hometown of Rabka, Poland. The amazing account of what he saw and how he survived.
WATCH (24:47) >> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=0B45D9D2CEA48AABA0493BD8F405782E&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Saris, Camels and Tofu (by Chava'le Mishulovin)
To be true to yourself while sitting in your living room is no big feat. The trick is to be yourself in someone <i>else's</i> living room . . .
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=F393AF96965A75671F95E4EDEF6D0423&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Anniversary Edition (Video) (Dovid Taub & Jonathan Goorvich)
The Itche Kadoozy show celebrates its 42nd season on the air, and Jono shows us some vintage clips.
WATCH (3:15) >> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=54A942FBD2FB2B9B905FE2532BFF21A5&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Rabbi Samson's Great Escape (By Nissan Mindel)
"I have no doubt whatsoever that he cheats you," said the bishop. "And I also have a way to prove it to your majesty . . ."
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=DC213C5BDD54EB249B372FFC9C0CDE1C&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
. . . WE REMEMBER JERUSALEM
Beggars at a Wedding
The day of the wedding arrived. Hundreds of beggars took their places around tables laden with the best food money could buy. But then tragedy struck . . .
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=C3A50DD3F6877727B8894770772FF6AB&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Twelve Sticks (Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe)
The stick, it can be said, is a piece of tree that has paid the price of leaving home. The stick, it can also be said, is one who has reaped the rewards of leaving home . . .
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=E9D7A4333F2582831554ABC2D131B87B&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
The Power to Transform (Video) (By Mendel Kaplan)
In the first of the "Trilogy of Tribulations," Jeremiah describes his inauguration as prophet. Although his prophecy is one of impending doom, it contains a hidden message . . .
WATCH (57:28) >> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=6548C5A4159B885D0B0CC90ED6EF9392&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Fast Days
Why are we fasting? It's not our fault that the Temple was destroyed. Learn how and why the fast days in the Jewish calendar are observed.
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=4F01F477F13CBCF16C967A404F631F8A&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
17th of Tammuz: History, Laws and Customs
The fast of 17 Tammuz commemorates five tragic events that occurred on that date, the first dating back to the times of Moses . . .
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=6559587B0A3C0BBAD070E9DBE77C318E&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
The Three Weeks and Tisha B'Av
The "Three Weeks" and Tisha B'Av are designated as a time of mourning over the destruction of the Holy Temple and the <i>galut</i> (exile).
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=1503E228B4C6B4719BD801A41149BA5D&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
RESPONDING TO TRAGEDY
When the Unthinkable Happens (By Sara Esther Crispe)
What about when it is the great-grandparents mourning their great-grandchildren? When it is a three-month-old baby in Israel or the siblings of a nine-year-old brother in Brooklyn?
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=96711EFA0F12085E3846BE573C711AA4&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Coping With Tragedy in Borough Park (By Tzvi Freeman)
Can we make peace with this?
Why is it that the biggest question we have for G-d receives no better answer than heaven's silent tear?
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=C82FDDC9A4DDDA319589EC2A8421350B&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
LIFE LESSONS
A Peace of (My) Mind (By Dovid Lazerson)
"So, what then? We should sit back and watch him slowly kill himself?" asked Reuven. "No," I said. "But there may be a better way to reach him."
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=9FA81731A89B8900422063A716FDF6AD&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
An Everlasting Gift (By Jennifer Bitton)
I realized that, no, I was not my mother. But I was so happy to become like her. By emulating her, I was keeping her close to me . . .
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=5BCB1023C0DA3381315E4E6BFE6C2398&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Will You Just Relax? (By Elana Mizrahi)
I knew that there was nothing my hands could do to take away the tension. The only lesson that I could offer her was one of faith . . .
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=2853C3CE1DC50C2555F06AE2875C0957&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
The Choice I Make (By Sheva Givre)
When I became sick, I had a choice. I could cry and become depressed and spend a lot of time in bed, or I
could live, really live . . .
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=714218B4DDEAC68F9DA95E4C0425C844&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
PARSHAH IN A NUTSHELL
Matot
Numbers 30:2–32:42
Fathers, daughters and husbands; vengeance and war spoils; the east and west banks of the Jordan; and what it all means.
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=22A3557DDC727E91A8BC83990685372E&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
PARSHAH: WAR WITH MIDIAN
I Love You More Than You Love Me (By Yanki Tauber)
You can always tell a married couple by their arguments. You won't see these arguments anywhere else . . .
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=50C01600F6E27C45990DF17FEB1A5EC2&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Immersion of Vessels (Tevilat Keilim) (By Aryeh Citron)
The reason for this immersion is to bring the vessel into the holy domain of the Jewish people . . .
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=F23491A0E1899B58C2D614F384B7A6DA&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
PARSHAH: SETTLING WEST OF THE JORDAN
First Things First (By Shlomo Yaffe)
The tribes had put sheep first, then children. But can it then be that that they actually loved their sheep more than their children?
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=EECC374C530648783E7C0D19F5E13078&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Balancing the Spiritual and the Practical (By Tali Loewenthal)
Sometimes the question is raised whether the Torah scholar is "escaping" from the real world.
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=45028A1DE30E8F9E45E5A3FCBDE53303&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Peace by Choice (By Lazer Gurkow)
Do we always need a common enemy in order to rise above our differences?
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=7A768C7E150D04A34F850EE4548E4D1B&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
LEADERSHIP
Thinking Small (By Doron Kornbluth)
How is it that such great people could think so big and act so small? Judaism teaches
that it wasn't a coincidence.
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=8A0F44A5D92A0413B6FAAA88D64E4D5B&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
The Witnessing Tree (By Yerachmiel Tilles)
"Under a tree? Very good!" cried out the Ohr HaChaim excitedly. "Go back and summon that tree to be a witness on your behalf!"
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=1E02E1EC0F68B54E6B33714AEF85F499&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Promises, Promises . . . (By Yossy Goldman)
It makes no difference how other companies are behaving. It matters little whether our competitors are corrupt. We must honor our promises.
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=9469CF6CC664161D1855F5371E210A71&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
I Found a Leader! (By Levi Avtzon)
G-d commanded Moses to wage battle against the Midianites. But when it came time for him to repeat the command to the Jewish people, it went through some editing . . .
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=3BDC5FB5DCC2B4E4D9D3D88BA31AC15B&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
JEWISH ART SPOTLIGHT
A Powerful Seed (By Michoel Ogince)
Growth is not from the seed. Within the seed is the ability to arouse His power of growth.
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=7C3EB9ADF112AAB56180E03C33A4DF35&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Upstairs the Eulogy, Downstairs the Rummage Sale (By Yehoshua November)
The Yiddish professor whose funeral fell on the same day as the synagogue rummage sale.
WATCH (2:29) >> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=F177990415D92B04F09A4C25F747083E&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
BLOGROLL
Spooked from Spokane (By Mendy Singer)
Sometimes G-d taps you on the shoulder and smiles, and the only thing you can do is smile back.
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=107A0A3B3FF5E6BC094A425FFBE51C96&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Virginia, Here we Come! (By Dani Saul)
He only knew one Jew. Incredibly, less than ten minutes later, there he was! (Ah, the beauty of small towns.)
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=48040751AF25C73D8F1C313A63470F8D&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
DID YOU EVER WONDER?
Why 613 Commandments? (By Shmary Brownstein)
Does 613, the number of commandments G-d gave the Jews, have any symbolic meaning?
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=5F5363D3EA39610D650AA5747D51C066&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
How "Ben Pazi" Got His Name (By Nissan Mindel)
"Rabbi," said the man, "I would like to have honor and riches, as you promised. So I came to study in your yeshivah."
>> http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=4B49C2C9E2FB365E9B04FE40C751C042&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
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