14 Menachem Av 5780
Ongoing disasters...
Although the video below is two years old, it is very timely and a great preparation for TU b'Av.
In part, he says (@44 mins) that TU B'Av is the original wedding date for HKB"H and Am Yisrael; that had the incident with the spies not taken place on 9 Av, 15 Av would have been the day we "married" Hashem and Moshe would have become Mashiach and the Beit Hamikdash would have been built.
Also: "...[TU b'Av] is a very auspicious time. ...In the Talmud, it says there are two dates in the Jewish calendar that are the best dates for the nation of the Jews - Yom Kippur and TU b'Av. There are no better days for our nation than that."
And indeed, i'm suffering, with my spinal OA, damaged feet/legs etc. shrieking in pain. For hours, i've been contending with a natural war zone wrought by the hurricane, which was terrifyingly violent as a tornado. I'd have indulged in the luxury of of a good cry, if not for the painful Meibomian Gland Dysfunction i developed from past decades of crying. I've endured various hurricanes, but this was by far the worst. And that's [partially] why i'm prematurely aged by several decades.
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