[Avodah] 17 Marcheshvan

[Micha Berger]

Yesterday, the 17th Marcheshvan, was the anniversary of two events:

1- The rain of the mabul began; and
2- 2 Nov 1917, the day the British Foreign Secretary, Lord Alfred
   Balfour, sent the famous letter to Baron Lionel Walter
   Rothchild.

Anyone want to connect the dots between the two?

Two things I did notice:

- Both were first steps, far from the final yeshu'ah.

- Both were first followed by major destruction before anything positive
  could be seen from them.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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