#peace and joy

[todaysjewishholiday]

13 Menachem Av 5784 (16-17 August 2024)

Shabbat shalom! Gutt shabbes! Sabado bueno!

Shabbat is the most significant and joyful Jewish holiday, and this Shabbat is the most joyful of them all, because it is the consolation after our deepest collective grief. The Hebrew year has a few special shabbatot, associated with specific anniversaries, Torah portions, or haftarah of special significance. This Shabbat, the one which follows Tisha b’Av, our day of mourning for the destruction of both Batei HaMikdash and for all that is broken in the world we inhabit, is called Shabbat Nachamu, the Shabbat of Comfort, and has been celebrated by generations of Jews as the combination of all that is most enjoyable about Shabbat and Yom Tov. Truly, this is a day that we accept in all its splendor as an everlasting reminder of HaShem’s loving promises to us. The contrast with the deep heartwrenching grief of Tisha b’Av can allow us to see in this Shabbat in particular all that Shabbat is meant to be for us each and every week. Contrast can teach us many wonderful things.

The parashat hashavua of Shabbat Nachamu is Vaetchanan, “I Pleaded”, the second portion in Devarim, Moshe’s final address to the Israelite people. This parsha includes three of the most important texts of Judaism: the Shma, our most foundational prayer, the v’Ahavta which we repeat alongside it, and the Asheret haDevarim, or Ten Commandments, the first mitzvot given to the Israelite people at Mount Sinai, which are repeated here by Moshe as a reminder of the vows binding the Israelite people and our God. Taken together these three are a powerful reminder of truths that no catastrophe can alter.

The haftarah is from Sefer Yeshayahu, Chapter 40, and its opening words “Nachamu Nachamu Ammi” (Comfort, o comfort my people) give the Shabbat its special name. It was deliberately chosen to follow Tisha b’Av, and is the first of seven passages of comfort from Yeshayahu read between Tisha b’Av and Rosh HaShana. Please accept the comfort and consolation of this particular Shabbat. We live in a difficult world, and we need the peace and rest and joy and change of perspective that Shabbat offers. As the saying goes “the Jews observe Shabbat and Shabbat preserves the Jews”— this Shabbat is a testament to how true that is, even in the face of all the calamities of our community’s history. We can face the challenges of our times, so long as we willingly accept the comfort HaShem offers us in the way of Torah.

[hernamewasjoy]

There, between the last rays of today and the beginnings of tomorrow, I find my peace in you …

[stclements]

[ou-gh]

So… how’re all the techdif fans this glorious “Chris does drag” pride month?

[maryburrowes]

Thanks to all who have reblogged or liked my posts or reblogs :)

[gayforcarstairsgirls]

Literally no way to describe the feeling of listening to music in new earphones that actually work after using ones that only play sound in one ear

[fawkesthefox]

i've just realized that torrenting books is an option

[reaper-of-light-12]

If the world were truly a bad place the sea would not crash against the shore in such a mesmerizing display of untamable power and indescribable beauty

[milo-is-rambling]

Oh video of my older brother sitting in a cardboard box yesterday how I love you

[academyoftheheartandmind]

Peace and Joy and Haiku

By Paulette Calasibetta Peace and Joy Christmas is the time of year we shed our anger and our fear. Hark the herald angels sing Peace and Joy our Lord will bring Haiku no room in the inn Father, Son and Holy Ghost born in a stable * candle lit windows snow flurries begin to fall magic fills the air * angels without fear herald in our new born king Christmas night is here Paulette…

[forestnun]

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[the-garden-of-the-soul]

[jay-wasstuff]

[maryburrowes]

May your afternoon be beautiful, and your evening be peaceful.

[eggwishing]

[compass-strategies]

Inner peace and joy, outer peace and joy, www.compassmethods.com. https://youtube.com/@CompassionsCompass-sb7jo?si=A9ySAR9UQI8ORHTw