Simcha Weinstein

“Wait!” I say, after sipping a warm glass of tea. (The lemon helped.) “I’ll have my minyan—and then some.”

Rabbi Simcha Weinstein shares heartfelt thoughts on how to approach and channel suffering and pain in a positive way. This talk was recorded on a day of learning on Tisha B’av, when we mourn the destruction of the Holy Temple.

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