This is an edited transcript of the video I posted to YouTube back in 2012. The video was of very poor quality so I’ve taken it down.
fast day
Most of the fast days on the Jewish calendar commemorate the destruction of the Temples. We also fast on Yom Kippur and before Purim.
Parshat Beshalach – Tomorrow?
This morning while reading Parshat Beshalach, I was struck by verse 17:9 (Artscroll translation):
Parshat Devarim 5776
Each summer around the middle of August the Earth passes through the trail of the Comet Swift-Tuttle.
This is what is called the Perseid meteor shower. In a regular year there will be about 100 meteors per hour.
Rosh Chodesh Tammuz
Today is Rosh Chodesh Tammuz. Unfortunately, this day makes my wife sad.
She looks at her calendar and all she sees is the looming 3 Weeks from the 17th of Tammuz until Tisha B’Av.
So the I’m writing this article to cheer her up.