<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Apparently, the tenth of Tevet is "the Day of God" about which many prophets spoke -- the tenth day of the tenth month. The number ten in kabala is related to the sefira of malkhut (kingship), and therefore, the very essence of the day is appropriate to the theme of God's kingship.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font size="2"><font size="3"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Chazal teach that at midnight a north wind would blow, rousing King David from his sleep to serve his Creator. It is in the middle of the night, specifically in the depths of the darkest part of the night, that the sovereignty of Israel awakens, and the kingship of God is revealed in the world.</font></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font size="2"><font size="3"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">At this time more than ever we pray: May the Kingship of the Almighty finally rule all mankind thus fulfilling the vision of the prophets: </font></font></font></div><div><font size="2"><font size="3"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">"Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall men learn war anymore; for all men, both great and small shall know the Lord."</font></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">AMEN</font></div></body></html>