In 2021 and 2025, erev Pesach falls on Shabbos, as it does approximately once every nine years. With proper planning, it need not be a difficult Shabbos. If anything, it gives us an opportunity to come to the Seder well rested and relaxed, and affords us the opportunity to fulfill the mitzovs of the evening […]

Thoughts on Tisha B’Av – Rabbi Moshe Zywica – Recorded as part of the OU LIVE Shiurim Webcasts for 9 Days Learn-a-thon on Monday, July 31, 2006. The Jewish approach to mourning is to bring a person to an emotional response, an intellectual understanding that we need to hasten the redemption.