Tisha B’Av #2 (5767)

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Tisha B’Av #2 (5767)
by Mordechai Dolinsky

One of the reasons that the egg was selected to represent the korban shelamim on the seder plate is that an egg is a symbol of aveilus, since the first night of Pesach always occurs on the same night of the week as Tisha B’Av!!  How puzzling, the seder night connection to Tisha B’Av.

The seder night is a renewal and strengthening of the foundations of our yiddishkeit; the emuna in Hashem, His absolute control over the universe and our gratitude to Him for the countless chasadim He bestows upon us.  From all the sins and negative traits that infested Klal Yisroel that contributed to why Hashem deemed it necessary to punish us with the churban and galus there was one basic underlying factor which was the cause of everything.  There was a loose stone in the foundation that we derive from the seder; their lack of emuna in Hashem and gratitude towards Him.

Another connection between Pesach and Tisha B’Av is that at the end of Bayis Sheini Pesach was a turning point for the worse in the events leading up to the churban.

May we strengthen ourselves in the emuna and gratitude to Hashem and be worthy to see the geula sh’layma in our days.