This Shabbos happened to be Tu B'Av, the 15th of Menachem Av. This day in Jewish tradition is extremely significant; It is held to be one of the most joyous days of the year. It ranks with Yom Kippur! Many great events in Jewish history occurred this day. They stopped dying in the desert ... Unmarried girls went out and danced ... etc
On this Shabbos we read the Torah portion of Veetchanan (ואתחנן). Possuk 5:4 reads as follows:
פנים בפנים דבר יהוה עמכם בהר מתוך האש
That verse's gematria equals =
תהי׳ה שנת פדיון כל השבויים
It's the only possuk in the entire Torah with that gematria value (1743)!
I hope the Torah is trying to tell us something; That we have great news as yet gone unnoticed? There still remains about 11⁄2 months before we move on to year 5786. May it happen in this very year then, that all the hostages finally get to come home!
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