
“Shabbat Shalom” – Devarim 5776
Parshat Devarim (Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22) Rabbi Shlomo Riskin The bleakest fast of the Hebrew calendar is on the ninth of Av, Tisha B’Av, commemorating the destruction of both Temples in Jerusalem (in 586 BCE, and 70 CE). We begin preparing ourselves up