“Harofeh l’shvurei lev, u’michabesh l’atzvotam — He is the Healer of the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds” (Tehillim 147:3).
Today, Asarah B’Tevet, we mourn the siege of Yerushalayim — the beginning of our long exile and spiritual concealment. It is a fast of pain, but also of return.
The Ba’al Shem Tov HaKadosh teaches that a broken heart is the beginning of elevation. On this day, when the Beit HaMikdash began its descent into destruction, we are invited to rebuild from within. We fast not only from food — we fast from despair, from detachment, from forgetfulness of who we truly are.
Rav Yehuda HaLevi wrote: “Zion, will you not inquire after the welfare of your prisoners?” Today is our chance to inquire after our own souls, still yearning for redemption.
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