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Today was the last Shabbat before Tisha B'Av and is called Shabbat Hazon (Sabbath of Vision). We read the Torah portion of Devarim and the haftarah starting with the words "A vision of Yeshayahu." 1.

Both Jerusalem and Gush Katif represent, in different ways, the spiritual and national trauma of Jewish exile and betrayal – both from without and from within. This Shabbat, known as Shabbat Chazon, ...

“One thing I ask of HaShem, that I seek-that I may dwell in the house of HaShem all the days of my life, to see the pleasantness of HaShem and to visit His Temple every morning.( psalm 27:4) Shabbat ...

Therefore, he said, Tish'ah B'Av is preceeded by Shabbat Chazon, upon which we read as the Haftorah the rebuke of the Prophet Yesha'ayahu to the Jews who lived at the time of the first Temple. If we ...

The connection between this week's Parasha and the Haftara: This Haftarah is the third Shabbat of the Telasa D'phuranusa, Aramaic for "The Three weeks of Tribulation" before Tisha Be'av. In it are the ...

This Shabbat, known as Shabbat Chazon, is the gateway into Tisha B’Av, the Jewish national day of mourning. Named after the opening word of the haftarah – “Chazon Yeshayahu,” (the vision of Isaiah) – ...