Tammuz is the month of Vision. It is also the month in which the Meraglim toured the Land of Israel, seeing not what Moshe hoped they would see, but something much darker indeed… Surely, it is time for us to try some “Vision Therapy” and move back to following Hashem’s lead into the Holy Land.
Akeida
Session 123: “For God’s Name, with Love: The Purpose of Tests”
The purpose of a Nisayon (a test; literally, a means for elevation) is to bring a person’s powers from their potential into activation. In Torah, a test is always and only for the benefit of the one being tested. (Based on Ramban, Commentary on Bereishis 22:2)