A Nation That Cries for Its Past Has a Future (Tisha B’Av)
31 Jul 2025 · 1 min

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A rabbi reflects on Tisha B'Av through a story of Napoleon witnessing mourners in Jerusalem reciting lamentations for the destroyed Temple. He argues that a nation that cries for its past, repeating these rituals year after year, secures its future through preserved memory and identity.










