Tonight begins the 9th day of Av, which continue until tomorrow. (Remember that the Tora said, “There was evening, there was morning, one day”. That is why our days begin in the evening- and why there’s a Christmas Eve and a New Year’s Eve.) The very end of this Hebrew month denotes the day my mother died and the next day (also a new moon) is the day my oldest daughter was born. All auspicious moments.
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Sacrifice…
Sacrifice. This word brings up all sorts of connotations. What are we going to give up? What did we shortchange ourselves to provide another. But, that’s not really the meaning.