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Mi she berach avoteinu ְ מקור הַבְּרָכָה לְא ֵ ִמּוֹתינוּ Tuesday, August 5 – Tisha b’Av Fast ends at 9:08 pm ------M'kor hab'racha l'imoteinu Regular Weekly Service Times It is customary to make a contribution for honours received May the source of strength, who blessed the ones before us; Weekday Mornings at 7:30 am Sunday Mornings at 9:00 am on the Bima. Call 416-636-3451 [email protected] Help us find the courage to make our lives a blessing. Friday Evening at 6:00 pm Shabbat Mornings at 9:30 am ------and let us say: Amen. ִמ י שֶבֵּרַך׃ א ֵ ִמּוֹתינוּ ,Shabbat and Candle Lighting Times PRESIDENT: Jordan Cait [email protected] Mi she berach imoteinu ְ מקוׄר הַבְּרָכָה לְא ֵ ֲבוֹתינו Friday, August 1st Light Candles at 8:22 pm GABBAI: Mark Vernon [email protected] M'kor hab'racha l'avoteinu Saturday, August 2nd Shabbat ends at 9:29 pm ADMINISTRATOR: Miriam Sharpe [email protected] Bless those in need of healing with refuah sh’lema Friday, August 8th Light Candles at 8:13 pm HEBREW SCHOOL PRINCIPAL: Cindy Joseph The renewal of body, the renewal of spirit, th Saturday, August 9 Shabbat ends at 9:18 pm [email protected] and let us say: Amen And the war continues in order to protect the people of Temple was a place of prayer, spirituality, holiness, open -- including Arabs -- from the rockets fired from Gaza. miracles. It was the center for the Jewish people, the focal Thousands of rockets have rained upon Israel. It is a miracle point of our Jewish identity. Three times a year (Passover, that so few have caused harm to human life. Our thoughts Shavuot, Sukkot) every Jew would ascend to the Temple. Its and prayers are with Israel to succeed in demilitarizing presence pervaded every aspect of Jewish life -- planning the Gaza, the destruction of the rockets and destroying the year, where one faced while praying, where one would go for Terror Tunnels intended for massive terror attacks upon justice or to learn Torah, where one would bring certain tithes. Israel. If Hamas will not allow us to have peace, at least we On the 9th of Av throughout history many tragedies befell the can strive for quiet and safety from their attacks ... and then Jewish people, including: the people of Gaza will not suffer from their callous, cruel, uncaring leadership. 1. The incident of the spies slandering the land of Israel with It is not coincidental that this war occurs during the 3 Weeks -- the subsequent decree to wander the desert for 40 years a time or mourning and introspection for the Jewish people. It 2. The destruction of the first Temple in Jerusalem by is a time of reflecting on our own relationship with the Almighty Nevuchadnetzar, King of Babylon in 423 BCE. and our fellow human beings. Israel strives to protect the lives 3. The destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by of civilians in Gaza as it fulfills the necessary military objectives the Romans in 70 CE. to protect the lives of its own citizens. It is painful watching 4. The fall of and the end of the Bar Kochba revolt Hamas leadership use its people as human shields and taking against the Romans 65 years later, 135 CE. joy in "making Israel look bad" with every dead and wounded casualty. Golda Meir once said, "We will have peace when the 5. Pope Urban II declared the First Crusade. Tens of thousands Arabs love their children more than they hate us." of were killed, and many Jewish communities obliterated. 6. The Jews of England were expelled in 1290. August 4th, Monday evening through Tuesday night, is Tisha B'Av, the 9th day of the Jewish month of Av when our 7. The Jews of Spain were expelled in 1492. Temple in the heart of Jerusalem was destroyed. It is the 8. World War One broke out on Tisha B'Av in 1914 when Russia saddest day in the Jewish year, though it is hard to relate to declared war on Germany. German resentment of the Treaty the loss of something 2,000 years ago -- especially since we of Versailles set the stage for World War II and the Holocaust. never experienced having the Temple in our lifetime. 9. On Tisha B'Av, deportation began of Jews from the

Warsaw Ghetto. What should a person do if he has no feeling for Tisha B'Av? If a person is Jewish and identifies with being Jewish, then it Tisha B'Av is a fast day which culminates a three week mourning behooves him to find out why we as a people mourn on this period by the Jewish people. Like all fast days, the object is day -- what have we lost? What did it mean to us? What introspection, making a spiritual accounting and correcting our ways. should we be doing to regain that which we have lost? At the very minimum, we should mourn that we don't feel the pain. Shabbat Shalom http://media.aish.com/documents/Parsha+Compendium+Devarim+5774+Basic+(English).pdf In 1967, Israeli paratroopers captured the Old City and made their way to the Wall. Many of the religious soldiers were Beth Radom Care packages arrive overcome with emotion and leaned against the Wall praying and to support our troops in the IDF crying. Far back from the Wall stood a non-religious soldier who was also crying. His friends asked him, "Why are you crying? as they fight for the safety and freedom of Israel. What does the Wall mean to you?" The soldier responded, "I am Thank you to the folks at Pizza IDF for your crying because I don't know why I should be crying." hard work and dedication and to everyone

Tisha B'Av is observed to mourn the loss of the Temples in who donated from Beth Radom Congregation. Jerusalem. What was the great loss from the destruction of Everything is possible when we work together! the Temples? It is the loss of feeling God's presence. The