"Why does the Jew mourn of the ninth of Av?
Consider this: On the tenth of Tebeth the land was lost and the capital was threatened; but the Jew does not mourn for his lost land.
On the seventeenth of Tammuz the capital was lost; but the Jew does not mourn for his lost city.
On the ninth of Av the Temple went up in flames; and for that, for the last sanctuary of the Torah, for the lost home off the majesty of God, for that the Jew mourns." -Samson Raphael Hirsch
Tears come when something is lost. But we always are mindful of that which matters most of all.
Consider this: On the tenth of Tebeth the land was lost and the capital was threatened; but the Jew does not mourn for his lost land.
On the seventeenth of Tammuz the capital was lost; but the Jew does not mourn for his lost city.
On the ninth of Av the Temple went up in flames; and for that, for the last sanctuary of the Torah, for the lost home off the majesty of God, for that the Jew mourns." -Samson Raphael Hirsch
Tears come when something is lost. But we always are mindful of that which matters most of all.
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