How do you mourn a Beis Hamikdash you never knew, in a generation that's watched Klal Yisrael return to Eretz Yisrael and rebuild a country? Rav Moshe Taragin returns to Shtark Tank to help us hold two truths at once: we are living through open miracles, and we are still so far from the finish line.

Rav Taragin unpacks why every question in Jewish life now splits into "before October 7th" and "after," why Tisha B'Av doesn't require manufactured grief but honest yearning, and how looking at Chazal's account of the Churban Bayis Sheni (zealotry, internal division, over-reliance on foreign powers) maps uncomfortably well onto Israeli society today.

He also addresses the tension around visiting Har Habayit as a means to an end versus an end in itself, and offers a clear-eyed, non-preachy take on Aliyah, achdut, and what it means to stay grounded when the news cycle wants you anxious and reactive.

In this episode:

• Why October 7th changed the answer to nearly every question in Jewish life
• The difference between authentic mourning (aveilus balev) and performing grief on cue
• The machlokes over changing Nusach HaTefillah to reflect our current reality
• What the internal strife of the Second Beis Hamikdash teaches us about achdut today
• The danger of turning Har Habayit visits into a photo op or political statement
• Why Aliyah advocacy can tip into preachiness, and how to hold the ideal without judging the complexity of other people's lives
• Practical advice for gaining perspective when you're drowning in headlines

Rav Taragin's new sefer, Reclaiming Redemption, HaGeula Volume 2: Faith, Identity, Peoplehood, and the Storms of War, is out now.

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https://www.mtaraginbooks.com/

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