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D?var Chizuk

When the meraglim entered Eretz Yisroel, a land of undeniable beauty and wonder, they were faced with the harsh reality of many challenges. The perceived burden of these challenges clouded their vision of our precious land and led us to cry over nothing. Hashem responded by decreeing that since we cried over nothing he would give us something real to cry about, and that we would cry over this land until the coming

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of Moshiach. This tragic error in judgment led to the saddest day of our calendar: Tisha b?Av. How could we have made such an appalling mistake? The basic answer is that what may seem crystal clear to one person can be obscure to another; however, it is not simply a matter of vision and comprehension, but rather a matter of perspective and attitude. Some individuals have an optimistic nature and a bright outlook on life: they have an easy time seeing the good in ev-

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