Lead Tidbit
Impediments to the Plan
We've said it over and over in the pages of Torah Tidbits, in different ways, but it still boils down to this: G-d had a Plan. A simple Plan. Take the Jewish People out of Egypt - He owed that (so to speak) to the Avot - give us the Torah and bring us to Eretz Yisrael... to live a life of Torah in The Place that He meant us to be. A simple Plan. He told it to Moshe at the Bush, and repeated it many times to us in the Torah.

We are now, once again, between the day that symbolizes a betrayal of the commitment to Torah - the 17th of Tammuz, the anniversary of the Golden Calf, and the day that symbolizes the betrayal of Eretz Yisrael - Tish'a b'Av, the anniversary of the Sin of the Spies. But if we realize that, then we must not despair; we must see the continuing opportunities that G-d keeps giving us.

A generation after Dor HaMidbar was decreed to die out in the course of almost 40 years of wandering, the "new" nation is commanded (in Parshat Mas'ei) to cross the Jordan, conquer the Land, and settle it. G-d had given the People another chance! And He continues to do just that throughout Jewish History, right up to our own time. He is still saying to us to cross the Jordan (or the Atlantic, etc.) and settle this Land.

And He repeatedly tells us in the Chumash and ever since, even in our own time, to be faithful to Him, to do Mitzvot, to live a Torah Life in Eretz Yisrael.
The Three Weeks represent the impediments to the Plan. But they also show us that the Plan is still on the table. Whenever G-d "threatened" to destroy the People, Moshe pleaded on our behalf. Apparently, that same scenario continued beyond the timeframe of the Chumash. We still exist as a People and we still can see the Plan to fruition. Let's do our share towards that goal.