Parshat Devarim is always read before Tisha B’Av. That is no coincidence.

The Book of Devarim is Moshe’s final address to the new generation preparing to enter the Land of Israel. Looking back over the forty years in the wilderness, his opening message is a warning: When we, the children of Israel, drift from our covenant with God, we lose the protection that only He can provide.

That is why, after the sin of the spies, the people failed in........

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