Suggestion: Have a Tanach handy before you listen to this show. Eve Harow gives some insights into the connections between the 9th and 15th days of Av. The former is a day of mourning national calamities and the latter is what was once celebrated as the 4th Biblical festival amid the yearly grape harvest. The symbol of the Sin of the Spies became a means to unity and love. Will swords eventually be turned into plowshares- transforming iron from doing harm to good a la the grapes? It’s up to us. Is the life saving ‘Iron Dome’ a clue?
