Unity on Tisha B'Av 2026

 Tomorrow, Wednesday at sunset,  Tisha B'Av begins. It is the saddest day on the Jewish calendar and is a fast day for observant Jews. All food and entertainment places in Israel will close before sunset.

Here is a Dry Bones cartoon from 2014 that celebrates our unity instead of our divisiveness on this day. I am reprinting it and the commentary here. 

Now though, we Jews are tearing each other apart, and it is so very dangerous. I am hoping that this more optimistic cartoon will be an inspiration. Love, Sali

Tomorrow, July 22 is the start of the holy day of Tisha Be'Av ("the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av"). Tisha Be'Av commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem and the subsequent exile of the Jews from the Land of Israel. The day also commemorates other tragedies which occurred on the same day, including the Roman massacre of over 100,000 Jews at Betar in 132 CE. Instituted by the rabbis of 2nd-century Palestine, Tisha B'Av is regarded as the saddest day in the Jewish calendar and a day which is destined for tragedy. -more

Our sages tell us that the reason for the destruction of the Temple was "Sinat Chinam" (Hebrew for the baseless hatred and divisiveness that often divides us.)

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 Dry Bones Golden Oldie, by Sali the LSW.

I saw Sufganiot (Jelly Dounuts) already on sale today in Israel! So Hannuka is just around the corner. Hopefully, a time for unity. Wishing everyone a great and a peaceful Shabbat.

Blessings to you all, and your family, and loved ones... peace, health, happiness, prosperity, and freedom, love, Sali, the LSW (Long Suffering Wife)

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GENERATIONS

The Oct 7 Hamas pogrom has changed us.
And it smashed our youngsters with an explosive and frightening reality.
How will they deal with their Post Traumatic Stress?
What will they be like as adults?
What will their Israel be like?

"Never Again" is a great slogan. But "In every generation they rise up to destroy us" was, and is, a warning to be taken seriously.

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Welded Together

The Hamas atrocity has traumatized us all. A country that enjoyed the luxury of constant squabbling has been welded together by the images of a pogrom. Here in Israel?! Images that have been burned into our brains. No better sign of our new-found unity than Haredim enlisting in the IDF. After we win this war, Israel will be a very different country. Perhaps with a bit more "Brotherly Love." One hopes.

The Jerusalem Post: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-769550

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