(Chelek Chof Daled, Pg 104)

Exploring Tu B’Av as the powerful “antidote” to Tisha B’Av!

Appreciating one another - Break the axe! and look out for the good in someone else! Be like the woodchoppers on behalf of the mizbeach, act like the girls of yerushalayim and look to eachother with no one greater than the other, but all together in achdus, dancing - in one unified circle. May we all be truly unified, in full circle, with the coming of Moshiach!

(Chelek Chof daled pg 47)

(Chelek Chof Daled, Page 1)

Parshas Vayechi, Chelek Tes Vov, pg 447

135. Mikeitz/Chanukah: Fight for Peace

The message of Chanukah is that some things are worth fighting for. When dark forces, within our homes or without, threaten to overwhelm us, we need to fight for peace.

The Macabees showed us how to

sacrifice everything and connect to the yechida in our soul, where true peace prevails and leaves no room for opposition.

Each Shabbos, our candles symbolize the same. The small flame of a 3 year old girl does much to replace darkness with joy, respite, and peace.

Imagine that all the the flames of our Shabbos and Chanukah lights come together. They would burst into a great big bonfire to overcome all darkness and usher in the final days of “no hunger or war, no competition or jealousy.”