This morning we analyze the controversial compromise of Rabbi Yochanan be Zakkai to the Roman General (later Caesar), Vespasian: "Ten Li Yavneh V'Chachomeha," allow Jews to move to the north, and continue studying Torah and observing Mitzvot, and we will relinquish the Temple, Jerusalem, and national sovereignty. Rabbi Avraham Kook explains this shifted the emphasis of Judaism from the passionate spiritual to the detailed and often dry ritual. This shift is a major component of what we mourn on Tisha B'Av, and we are heartened to see it returning, slowly and gradually, in our day.
Michael Whitman is the senior rabbi of ADATH Congregation in Hampstead, Quebec, and an adjunct professor at McGill University Faculty of Law. ADATH is a modern orthodox synagogue community in suburban Montreal, providing Judaism for the next generation. We take great pleasure in welcoming everyone with a warm smile, while sharing inspiration through prayer, study, and friendship.
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