Isaiah’s Vision of Reconciliation between God and Israel

On most Sabbaths, the synagogue service includes a reading from one of the prophetic books, known as the haftarah, that is somehow connected to the day’s Torah reading. But on the seven Sabbaths between the fast of Tisha b’Av and Rosh Hashanah, these readings—all from Isaiah—are chosen for a different reason: their message of comfort and consolation to the Jewish people. They serve as a liturgical connection between the day of national mourning and the time of forgiveness, and of reconciliation between God and Israel, that is the Days of Awe.