This Shabbat is unlike any other.
As America celebrates its 250th birthday, the Jewish people begin the solemn period of the Three Weeks, beginning with the Fast of the Seventeenth of Tammuz—the day Jerusalem's walls were breached, leading to the destruction of both Holy Temples.
One day celebrates the birth of a nation.
The other reminds us never to forget our eternal home.
No nation has given the Jewish people greater freedom, opportunity, and security than the United States of America. Millions of Jews arrived on these shores with little more than hope, and America welcomed them with liberty and dignity. For that, we owe this great country a profound debt of gratitude.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe often spoke about America's … Read More »