A heretical view of Tisha B’Av
By TED ROBERTS, the SCRIBBLER ON THE ROOF
Let’s take a long, hard look at historical reality. Those ex-slaves called Israelites have escaped their Egyptian prison. And for the first time – like your six year old toddled off to school alone – in a strange, new world – they wandered eventually into Canaan, a land full of pagan playmates.
The Almighty, who can see beyond the curve of the...