Fast of Tisha B'Av
Articles
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Kinot
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Parshat Devarim and Tisha B’Av
Parshas Devarim is always read on the Shabbos right before Tisha B'Av. The Biur Halacha (528:4) explains that this is purposefully done in order that Moshe Rabbeinu's admonition to the Jews coincide with the Tisha B'Av period.
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Beyond Lip Service: Building the Beis Hamikdosh Word by Word
426 years ago, a few days before Tisha B'Av, R. Yitzchok Luria, zt"l, the Ari Hakodosh, passed away in Tzefas.
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The Tisha B’Av Water Miracle
Several days after Shovu'os, in early June of 1944, the Germans took some 5,000 of us by train from Auschwitz to Warsaw in order to clear away the ruins of the Jewish ghetto that had been reduced to rubble by German shells and bombs in Nisson of 1943.
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Tisha B’Av and Sefer Iyov
Although it is prohibited to learn most Torah topics on Tisha B'Av, one may nevertheless study Eichah, sections of Jeremiah which relate to the Destruction and related Midrashim, the laws of Avelus (Mourning) and Ta'anis (Fasts), as well as Sefer Iyov (The Book of Job).
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Tisha B’Av and Parshat Va’etchanan
The Torah reading of Tisha B'Av morning is found in Parshas Va'eschanan (4:25-40). The Talmud (Sanhedrin 38a) references this reading with the destruction of the First Beis Hamikdash, as the numerical value of the phrase, "V'noshantem", with with the reading begins, alludes to the number of years that the first Temple stood.
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What Mourning Means: Reflections of Rav Soloveitchik zt"l on Tisha B’Av
The customs we observe on the day of Tisha B’Av are strikingly similar to those of an avel (mourner), one whose close relative has recently passed away.
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Megillat Eichah – Lamentations
The prophet Jeremiah spent years warning his people that they repent and stop insisting that the Temple would protect them. To his chagrin, the Jews honored the Temple more in spectacle than in spirit.
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Digest of Tisha B’Av Laws
A Summary of the laws of Tisha B'Av.
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Fast of Tisha B’Av
Tisha B'Av - The "ninth day" in the Jewish month of Av, which starts at sundown on the eighth day and concludes at sundown on the ninth day of Av. This is the day when the intensity of the entire three week mourning period reaches its peak.
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Videos
- OU Tisha B’Av Video 5771 - Rabbi Weil
OU Tisha B'Av Video 5771 - Shiur presented by Rabbi Steven Weil
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- OU Tisha B’Av Video 5771 - Rabbi Weinreb
OU Tisha B'Av Video 5771 - Shiur presented by Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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- OU Tisha B’Av Video 5771 - Rav Aharon Kahn
OU Tisha B'Av Video 5771 - Shiur presented by Rav Aharon Kahn.
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- OU Tisha B’Av Video 5771 - Rabbi Yaakov Glasser
OU Tisha B'Av Video 5771 - Shiur presented by Rabbi Yaakov Glasser.
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- The Power of Tisha B’Av: An Analysis of Kinot 11, 21 and 23
The Death of the Righteous: The Tragedy of the Deaths of Yoshiyahu HaMelech, The Children of Rabbi Yishmael, and the Ten Martyrs - Presented by Rabbi Steven Weil.
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- My Shoulders, Your Shoulders, Our Shoulders
My Shoulders, Your Shoulders, Our Shoulders - Presented by Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb.
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- An Anaysis of the 10th Kinah
Mourning the Loss of the Communities - Presented by Rabbi Steven Weil as part of the Lamenting Our Loss OU Tisha Bav Video 5770.
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- The Song and the Testimony
Presented by Rav Aharon Kahn as part of the Lamenting Our Loss OU Tisha Bav Video 5770. Download the source sheet.
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- Humility and Honesty: The Antidote to Tisha b’Av
Presented by Rabbi Steven Burg as part of the Lamenting Our Loss OU Tisha Bav Video 5770.
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- Mourning for the Lost Torah
Presented by Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb as part of the Lamenting Our Loss OU Tisha Bav Video 5770.
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- Tisha B’av: The Meaning Behind the Tears
Join OU board member, Charlie Harary, for an inspiring spiritual journey into the root of the destruction underlying the most tragic day in Jewish history.
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- Finding Hope in the Destruction
Finding Hope in the Destruction Presented by Rabbi Yaakov Glasser. Rabbi Glasser’s shiur is geared towards teenagers, but it is appropriate for adults as well.
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- From Galus to Geulah
From Galus to Geulah - Presented by Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky.
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- Jerusalem Connections
This program aims to inspire each and everyone of us to focus on Yerushalayim and its meaning to the Jewish people. So that next year will realize the millennia-old dream of next year in Jerusalem.
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- Tisha B’av Kinot 5758 - Rabbi Weinreb
Privileged to Grieve - Empowered to Grow - Intensify, deepen and enhance your understanding of the fast day with this two-hour Tisha B'Av video featuring Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb taped live in 5758/1998 at Congregation Shomrei Emunah in Baltimore, MD.
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- The Essence of a Fast Day
A Shiur on Tisha B'Av presented by Rabbi Michael Taubes.
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- Recognizing the Mourning Light
A Shiur on The Three Weeks presented by Rabbi Larry Rothwachs.
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- The Churban and Its Aftermath
A Shiur on The Three Weeks presented by Rabbi Joseph Grunblatt
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- Kinot and Shira
A Shiur on Kinot and Shira presented by Rabbi Hershel Welcher.
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- The Kinot of Tisha B’Av
A Shiur on The Kinot of Tisha B'Av presented by Rabbi Feivel Wagner
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- Practical Aspects of Zecher L’Churban
Practical Aspects of Zecher L'Churban - A Shiur on The Three weeks presented by Rabbi Dovid Weinberger
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