Friday at sunset is a fast day for Israel- remembrance day of when the 1st and second temple were destroyed 666 years apart on the same day, the Ninth of Av; this is Israel’s saddest day, when England expelled the Jews in 1290 and tonight begin the Olympics.
Jewish Law requires, When this 24 hour fast day falls on the Shabot/Day of Rest, it is pushed off until the next day – Saturday night. Romney will be at both the Olympics and Israel during the fast before jetting off to Poland where the world Jewish population was recently halved.
The fast commemorates the destruction of the two Temples in Jerusalem, first by the Babylon and then by Rome; both Temples destroyed on the same day – the Ninth of Av. Av means Father; the names of the months precede the Jewish People who added the word Manachem Av/Father Have Mercy.
The Cabala explains, The letter Tet/9 appears first in the Torah with the word Tov/Good; the Zohar-Book of Secret says, Seeing the letter Tet/9 in a dream is a sign of good. Both Temples were places of peace, gateway into the heavens. Within the mourning there is good.
There is no greater good than Moshiach, a present from God, who will bring peace – not dogma and religion – to the Earth. The Midrash-Book of Metaphor says, Every year on the Ninth of Av, Moshiach is born out of the destruction. Within the suffering and the sorrow there is joy.
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