After Tisha Bav we have seven weeks of nechama as opposed to three weeks of פרעניות from Shivah Asar Btamuz till tisha Bav. Perhaps it is because we need to feel and commiserate with Shechina for that long and then we can accept HKB"H as our King on Rosh Hashanah.

Tisha Bav is not like mourning for a close relative who passes away. If that was the case, we should have ceased to mourn long ago. The mourning signifies that this is very different. We know that it will come to an end. The day will come that redemption will come.

At the end of the parsha Moshe Rabbeinu tells Bnei Yisrael the secret to winning a war. No, it's not about different tactics on the ground or in the air. It's about the Only One who you can you rely on.

Moshe Rabbeinu started rebuking Klal Yisrael by telling them a joke in order that they should be receptive. When a person is in a jovial mood, he's more receptive to what is being said.

Moshe, Yeshaya, & Yermiyah all used the term "eichah". When they said it, they all had the same sentiment. It wasn't to be taken literally. It was more rhetorical. How did such a holy nation fall to such depths?!?! How could it be?!?!?

The Torah goes out of its way to tell us every stop that was made on the way to Eretz Yisrael. Every stop had a purpose, had a reason. It wasn't for naught.

So too, a person can have different stops along the way that they didn't to make. In the end though, it too, was for for a purpose.

One of the places Bnei Yisrael traveled to in the desert was Midbar Sinai. But the Torah here makes no mention of what took place there, unlike by other stops they had along the way. R Moshe Feinstein z'l approaches this in a practical way for us today.

The Parsha starts out talking about making vows. What does that have to do with the end of the end of the parsha last week? Perhaps it's coming to tell us that when you commit to do an undertaking, it's not to be taken lightly. Make sure you say "bli neder".

Pinchas was immensely rewarded for his act. But he didn't take over as leader after Moshe Rabbeinu. That was Yehoshua. Perhaps that could be because when someone does such a cruel act he's viewed differently. He can't be seen as cruel and be a leader at the same time..

What's the most important pasuk in the Torah??

Lots of choices to choose from.

One opinion is that the most important one is the one that breeds greatness.