This Shabbos is one of the most special Shabbosim of the year.  On this Shabbos, Hashem consoles us and gives us hope for the future.

The Maharil teaches, “The Shabbos after Tisha B’Av is Shabbos Nachamu.  The entire nation should rejoice and trust in the coming of the redemption.”

This Shabbos heralds a new era.  The sorrows of the past are over, and now we believe that better times are coming.

~ R’ Elimelech Biderman