If we look at the name of the sedra and the date of its Shabbat on the top of the front page, If we look at the pasuk and the quote from the Mishna Taanit that caption the painting of Yehoshua Wiseman on the front page, We must be struck by the irony of our calendar. Parshat Pinchas contains the mitzva of the people of Israel bringing two daily korbanot - a lamb in the morning and a lamb late afternoon. The two T'MIDIM - a symbol of our constant, eternal relationship with HKB"H. 17th of Tamuz is the date...