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In Hebrew, 'Av' is an abbreviation of Abba [father], the source one's life. One of the principles by which the Torah is interpreted is a binyan Av, the establishment of a precedent or general rule to be extended to similar cases. The word 'Av' is also related to the word 'l'avot', meaning, to please. In this month, we want to touch the source of life, to connect to the great Av, - our Father in heaven.
One of the father's duties is to comfort. To give a sense of proportion to one’s children. Even when the fire is raging outside, the parents protect and comfort. It is true that the days of the month of Av can tend towards calamity, but the Mashiach, the comforter, was also born on Tisha B'Av, the 9th of Av (Jerusalem Talmud, Brachot); this month also includes Tu B'Av, the 15th of Av. You will see that when the fire breaks out, it will be much less terrible than it seems and will ultimately bring to salvation and love.
Have a good and comforting month.
The bad will pass
The good will prevail
With God's help.
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Hosha'ana Rabba FLYDUBAI & HOSHANA RABBA- ANI VAHU HOSHIA NA- I & HIM SAVE US
"Ani vaHu Hoshia Na", "I and Him, Save Us". We don't just pray to Him, but we also pray to and for ourselves that we should emulate and educate our children to have that instinctive altruism with which He created the world. President Trump seemed amused about Yaniv Hayon, our PLUMBER who confidently worked with G-d like Superman (he learned from a pilot on a TV show!) to save 174 lives on the Dubai hijacking, but we in Israel are totally accustomed already 78 years to our plumbers, teachers, garbage-men, rabbis, farmers & doctors being Hashem's shlichim! This is what Zionism is about.
Moreshet Shaul Hashem Is your Shadow – part I
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 420 – an address from 1941
P'ninat Mishpat A Non-Contractor in Changing Times – part I
(based on ruling 85128 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Moreshet Shaul Our King on Rosh Hashana, Our Father on Yom Kippur.
Based on Aroch Siach, p. 221 (Rav Shaul Yisraeli)
