Experiencing a broad range of emotions in short period of time is surprisingly not unusual. Truly joy and grief can follow on each other’s heels however, it is rare that such a dramatic shift can be found by pointing to the calendar. This past week began with Tisha B’Av the day that concentrates the totality of the Jewish experience as persecuted minority in exile and concludes with the euphoria associated with the Twelfth Siyum HaShas, Completion of the Babylonian Talmud by the Daf Yomi ,…

'When seemingly unrelated events coincide particularly cyclical events that normally are not connected the question arises what common theme do they share? As well as does this common theme have a particular relevance to current events? Merely assigning these events coming together to happenstance would be contrary to a belief in Providence.

8 Adar celebrates the syum, the completion of a study cycle for both the 1 chapter and 3 chapters a day study cycle of Maimonides’ Yad HaChazakah…