From Destruction to Creation

August 9, 2019

Rabbi Rena Rifkin reflects on Tisha B’Av, the day set aside for communal mourning and commemorating the disasters – including the destruction of both temples – that befell our people throughout history. She explains how in the midst of tragedy, we can still find light. “The opposite of war isn’t peace, it’s creation. When we are broken down and left without all our comforts, we rebuild.”