This Shabbat, after Tish'a be'Av, is known as "Shabbat Nachamu"; "Nachamu"- "Comfort" or "Console" - the first word of Yeshayahu chapter 40, which we'll read as Haftarah tomorrow.
I always wondered about the meaning of "consolation" after a tragic event, especially if the sad reality is irreversible.
Maybe this teaches us humility and responsibility at the same time; there are many events we don't control, but we are able sometimes to look at reality differently and decide about what we do about it, according to the significance we accord to it.
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