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In this Shiur
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Rabbi Silber leads a Tisha B'Av 5786 afternoon kumzitz of niggunim, with a short vort woven in as the fast winds down toward the fifteenth of Av. He notes that all day there were no "building plans" for how to rebuild — because on Tisha B'Av itself we're not permitted to dream or plan. But once the day turns, that changes: with no fixed blueprint, there's nothing stopping a person from dreaming as big as they want about the life, family, and community they want to build. He closes by inviting everyone to open their hearts for the last few minutes before Mincha, using the return of possibility to dream boldly rather than modestly.
Once Tisha B'Av's mourning restrictions lift, there's no fixed blueprint holding you back — you're free to dream as big as you want.
Not being permitted to plan or dream during the fast makes the return of that freedom feel like an open invitation to think bigger, not smaller.
Real change doesn't require a long runway — even a few focused minutes of open-hearted intention can start something new.
Music and communal singing are themselves a vehicle for processing the day's mourning and turning toward hope.
“Now we can begin to build. Now we can begin to dream. Now we can begin to think about what we want to do, what we want to accomplish, who we want to be.”
