Shabbat Chazon Essays

Imagine if everyone saw you as you really are, as you see yourself. And you looked at everyone else and saw them as they see themselves. Our world would be a very different place, wouldn't it?

On the Shabbat before the Ninth of Av, we are granted a vision of the third Temple. But what is the point of this vision, if we do not experience it consciously? And what exactly is it that we see?

I don’t know if the communists or Madison Avenue ever perfected the art of subliminal suggestion, but I am sure that G‑d has the requisite skills to pull it off . . .

The vision which we see on Shabbat Chazon is to inspire a change so fundamental that we will turn that vision of the Third Temple into actual physical reality . . .

When does one learn to adjust one’s expectations and recognize that that dreams are . . . just dreams?

We live in this world and must learn to adapt to it. Only through playing by its rules can we be successful.

The question is: Who or what is Zion? And who are the captives?

Why is there a need for comfort if G‑d plans to provide a solution?