Throughout these post-Tisha B’Av weeks, we have emphasized the point made by Tosafot (Megilla 31b) that the words of consolation and the visions of the

After recognizing in the opening words of the third haftarah of consolation (a selection we did not read last week because it was Rosh Chodesh) that

Parshat Shoftim   After recognizing in the opening words of the third haftarah of consolation (a selection we did not read last week because it

As this Shabbat is Rosh Chodesh, we take a “break” from the series of “consolation” haftarot (shiva d’nechemta) to read the final perek in Sefer

With the haftarah of “Nachamu” we begin a series of readings known as the “Shiv’a D’n’chemta,” the Seven haftarot of Consolation that lead up to

Although this week’s haftorah is the opening chapter of Sefer Yishayahu (whose opening word became the title for this Shabbat), there is rabbinic disagreement as

This week’s haftarah, the second of the “t’lat d’pur’anuta,” three haftarot of punishment that precede Tish’a B’av, is taken from the second and third chapters

The closing words of today’s haftorah are among the most familiar in all of Tanach. The navi Micha’s statement that Hashem demands no more of