Rabbi Shmuel Posner on 10th of Teives and current events

Asara BeTeives is the worst of all the fasts, because that’s when all the tragedy began. On the other hand, it’s the greatest opportunity to be able to transform and turn things into the positive — and especially, when we look at what’s going on in Eretz Yisroel, it’s important to add more mitzvos, because strength of Jews comes from Torah and mitzvos. […]

All Jews are one body; we are all connected — so, every mitzva that we do provides strength to all Jews, wherever they may be.