Tisha B'Av: The Hidden Love in the Churban

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Tisha B'Av looks like the day Hashem was angriest with us, yet the seforim teach that it reveals the deepest love between Hashem and Klal Yisrael. A mashal brought compares it to a father sending his son away, when the longing is greatest at the parting. That hidden love comes out on Shabbos Chazon, in a haftarah that keeps calling us His children, and in the name of the month, Av.

Key points

• The Mezritcher Maggid explained the Keruvim embraced because longing peaks at the moment of parting.
• One teaching brought calls Shabbos Chazon the highest Shabbos of the year.
• One explanation: the month is called Av because sparing us through the Churban showed a father's love.

In this shiur

1. 0:00The deeper side of Tisha B'Av
2. 1:22Why the Keruvim were embracing
3. 3:43Mashal of the son sent away
4. 5:04Moshiach born on Tisha B'Av
5. 6:13Shabbos Chazon
6. 8:10The haftarah of Chazon
7. 10:01Why the month is called Av

Topics

• Tisha B'Av
• Shabbos Chazon
• Churban
• Ahavas Hashem