The Chasam Sofer interprets כל המתאבל על ירושלים זוכה ורואה בשמחתה, one who mourns the destruction of Jerusalem will see its rejoicing. A dead person l’a is forgotten from one’s heart. When we mourn, we show that we have not forgotten it and we will not be forgotten either and we will be able to see the redemption to rejoice by it. It says, אין לך יום שאין קללתו מרובה מחבירו, you have no days where its curse is not worse than the previous day. Every day that we have to wait for Meshiach is harder to live through. Maybe, we can look at this in a bright light. Meshiach will come when we are on lowest level such that we have no one else to rely on only on our Father in Heaven. So the worse it gets, the better it gets. So maybe some humor is appropriate.
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