A talmudic story linked to Tishah b’Av shows why it’s better to face problems head on
“It is better to go to a house of mourning than a house of feasting” Ecclesiastes 7:2
“And you all approached me, and said: ‘Let us send out people in front of us to spy out the land’” Deuteronomy 1:22
“Next day the whole Israelite community railed against Moses and Aaron, saying, ‘You two have brought death upon the Lord’s people’” Numbers, 17:6
“And if you will walk with Me casually and you will not want to listen to Me” Leviticus 26:21
“For in the month of spring, God took you out from Egypt at night time” Deuteronomy 15:1
“Take Aaron along with his sons” Leviticus 8:2
“And Aaron will wear these clothes while serving and its sound will be heard when he goes in front of the sanctuary, and he will not die” Exodus 28:35
“It will be that your son will say to you, ‘What is this?’” Exodus 13:14
“And these are the names of the children Israel, who came into Egypt” Genesis 46:8
“And Sarah died in Kiryat Arba which is in Hebron, and Abraham went to eulogise her and to cry for her” Genesis 23:2
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