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Voices searching for faith and meaning, even in desperate times
This is supposed to be the moment that our souls heal.
The period after Tisha B’Av is known as the sheva shabbatot nechemta, the Seven Weeks of Consolation. They are the seven weeks between Tisha B’Av and Rosh HaShannah, where the prophetic readings on Shabbat morning are meant to console, to bring hope, to prepare us for new beginnings with Rosh Hashanah.
Yet we already know that Rosh Hashanah is going to be rough this year. It will fall only a few weeks before Simchat Torah, the Jewish anniversary of October 7. Will we still be at war a year later? Will we have brought the hostages back?…
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