Today is Tisha Ba’Av the Jewish day of mourning.  There have been innumerable tragedies that have occurred to our people on this day throughout the millenia of our history.  We mourn the loss of the two Bais Hamikdash that were destroyed on this day among many other terrible events.  There is a chapter in Tehillim that describes the destruction and it begins, a Song to Asaf.  The Gemara asks why is it called a song?  It should be called an elegy (mournful poem)!!  The Gemara answers that since HaShem took out His anger (so to speak) on sticks and stones (the Bais Hamikdash) and did not destroy us as a people we sing a song.  Although Tisha Ba’Av is a day of mourning, it is also a day of hope, a day of recognition of our existence.  After all we have been through as a Nation we are still around and this is the greatest miracle in our history.  Let this be the last Tisha Ba’Av as a day of mourning and let next year be a day of joy!!