This evening we pay tribute to Rabbi Yehuda Amital, whose 13th Yartzeit was last Sunday, by sharing his insight to the opening verse of our Parsha (the Torah potion of Devarim) which contains 80 apparently extra words in one sentence! We focus on the heartbreaking theme of Tisha B'Av that God (sometimes appears to) ignore our prayers, by focusing on the experience nine years ago when three Jewish boys were kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in Israel - were our prayers in vain? And we turn from national mourning to individual mourning to share advice on what to say and what not to say to a mourner, from two very different sources.

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.

Rabbi Whitman shares his thoughts and inspirations through online lectures and shiurim, which are available on:

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Podcast - Mining the Riches of the Parsha:

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Stitcher: https://tinyurl.com/miningtheriches4

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