Powerful essay of Rebbe in Vichy France 1940 Nazi occupation - The Calendar.

When we eat “maror” it’s related to Tisha B’av. What’s the connection? When we reflect how we came-out of Mitzrayim in such glory, we ate “maror” to remember our suffering as slaves…now we look back through Golas and see how our current pain is greater than the past. Pesach and Tisha B’av are both about His Chesed and love the of Hashem for us. While there’s revealed Kindness in the story of Pesach, in Tisha B’av Hashem’s love is hidden behind a veil of Gevurah.

The revealed side of G-d is hidden during Golas. The healing cure comes with the Geulah, the redemption. There is a connection between the hidden and the revealed side of Hashem through the Yud k, Vov k. Hence, by the harsh prophicies of Yirmiahu the Tzemach Tzedek reveals how we can have a refua

We determine the outcome of our relationship to Hashem. When we do good we elicit kindness, when we do bad we elicit harshness - Gevurah. However, Hashem is higher than these rules in Heaven, and He can give people even what they do not deserve. Compassion can be given at any time.