Mourning what has been lost does not mean losing sight of what can still be rebuilt.

The Shabas of vision, not the Shabas of morning, is what we call this week the Shabas of vision. Why? Because the Zora teaches us that on this very Shabas, even with all the deepest darkness, every single Jewish soul is shown a vision of the rebuilt Bamedash. Also, in this para, Mosher Rabenu knows he's dying. He knows he will never enter Eritis. And he chooses to spend the last days of his life not in bitterness, not in despair, but speaking, [music] telling the truth, rebuking with love, holding out a vision of what the future could look like. Four Tanayam, Rabbi Haml, Rabbi Elazar, [music] Rabbi Yeshua, and Rabbi Akiva went up to saw a fox coming out of the Kaides Shakadashim, the holiest place in the world. Three of them broke down and wept. Rabaka laughed. How can you laugh at this? They asked. Rabbaka said, I laugh because of the prophecy of Zakaria. Ura prophesized us would be destroyed. Zakaria prophesies that it would be rebuilt with old men and women sitting [music] in the streets and children playing. If the prophecy of the destruction came true before my eyes, I know with complete certainty that the prophecy of the redemption will come true as well. Aka, you have comforted us. Aka, you have comforted [music] us is what they said. He didn't deny the reality of the destruction. He looked at the very same desolation they all saw and he [music] found inside it was the certainty of what was coming next. That is vision. Not the denial of darkness but the ability to see the light hidden inside of it. That is what Shabas Kazone is asking of us. When we sit across from somebody who has lost everything to addiction, a survivor of abuse, a family in crisis who can only see the destruction in front of them, they cannot see a single step forward. We need that same approach. We can't pretend the pain isn't there, [music] but we can point toward hope. We can hold the vision when they cannot. And if you're watching this and you're in your own darkness, please hear this. The vision of your rebuilt life exists even when you cannot see it yourself. There are people whose entire mission it is to [music] hold that vision for you until you can hold it yourself. Because the fox at the entrance of the kod shakadashim is not the end of your [music] story. This is turning the wheel because the road to healing isn't straight. [music] But no one should have to travel it alone. Wishing you a wonderful shabas and a meaningful fast.