After Tisha b'Av, we were left in utter despair. "Bitterly [we] wept in the night; there was none to comfort [us.]" (Lam. 1:2) How can it be that the Shabbat that follows Tisha b'Av is called Nachamu, which initiates seven whole weeks of Haftorahs of comfort? This prophecy (Is. 40:1-26) comes to show us that despite what one experiences, what one thinks one deserves, the love of G-d is not altered. Comfort is found after loss, and redemption will still come, not because we have earned it, as love is never earned. It is offered.

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