Tisha B'Av - The Ninth of Av

Memorial Flame...Tisha B'Av is the saddest day on the Jewish calendar because of the incredible series of tragedies which occurred on that date throughout Jewish History.

The following collection of educational material should help your observance and understanding of the day and the City it stands to mourn.

This live image from the Kotel (Western Wall) in Jerusalem, the site of our two Holy Temples is brought to us courtesy of Aish HaTorah's thewall.org

OTHER RESOURCES

The Month of Av
The Three Weeks
Laws & Traditions of The Nine Days
Downloads from ArtScroll

READING MATERIAL / BACKGROUND:

Getting Married on Shivah Asar BeTammuz
Joy During the Nine Days

Showering During the Nine Days

Digest of Tisha B'Av Laws

What is Tisha B'Av - What are Her Customs and Laws?
The Story of the Churban
Kamtza and Bar-Kamtza
The Love Story - A Tragedy with a Happy Ending

Tiger at the Gates
The Fateful Meeting
Destruction and Desecration
Tragedy in Perspective
A Chronology of Destruction
Megillat Eicha

What Mourning Means: Reflections of Rav Soloveitchik zt"l on Tisha B'Av Rabbi Eliakim Koenigsberg

It's a Mitzvah To Be Sad
Rabbi Yaacov Haber
Tisha B'Av and Parshat Va'etchanan Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer
Tisha B'Av  and Sefer Iyov Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer
Tisha B'Av - The Haftarot of Consolation Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer

Shabbat Chazon
Tish'a B'Av Water Miracle of 1944
Words And The Ari's Last Days

AUDIO MATERIAL:
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Lectures on the Kinot and other Tisha B'Av topics on OURadio.org

VIDEO MATERIAL

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The Three Weeks Resources

Shiva Asar B'Tammuz

The Story of the Churban

A Chronology of Destruction

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