Fast of Shiva Asar B’Tammuz 47 articles

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The Fast of Shiva Asar B’Tammuz marks the beginning of the 3 weeks. It is a sad day on the Jewish calendar when, among other events, Moshe came down from Har Sinai and Broke the Luchot after seeing the Jews worship the Egel HaZahav, the Kohanim stopped offering the korban tamid (daily sacrifice) , an idol was placed in the Beit HaMikdash, Apostomos publicly burned the Torah, and the walls of Jerusalem were breached after a long siege.

When Do the Three Weeks Begin – The Night or the Day of 17 Tammuz?
When Do the Three Weeks Begin – The Night...
From Rabbi Levin’s Daily Dose of Halacha series on OU Torah
Jul 10, 2020
By Rabbi Yoni Levin
Multiple Reflections Upon the “Fast of Tammuz”
Multiple Reflections Upon the “Fast of Tammuz”
Jul 5, 2020
By Rabbi Dr. Aaron Adler
Creating a Legacy if One Has No Children
Creating a Legacy if One Has No Children
Haftorah for a Ta’anis Tzibbur Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Oct 2, 2019
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
When Do the Three Weeks Begin?
When Do the Three Weeks Begin?
Shiva Asar B’Tammuz: The Incredible Machloket – Chida & Rav Moshe Feinstein, When the 3 Weeks Begin Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Jul 22, 2019
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
The Secret of Shiva Asar B’Tamuz and Bein HaMetzarim
The Secret of Shiva Asar B’Tamuz and Bein HaMetzarim
The Secret of Shiva Asar B’Tamuz and the Bein Hametzarim Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Jul 22, 2019
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Shiva Asar B’Tamuz : The Five Tragedies Indicate a Day of Building and Destruction
Shiva Asar B’Tamuz : The Five Tragedies Indicate a...
Shiva Asar B’Tamuz : The 5 Tragedies Indicate A Day Of Building and Destruction -The Mystical Power of the Letter “Hey” Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Jul 22, 2019
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
The Four Fasts, Then & Now
The Four Fasts, Then & Now
The Gemara in Maseches Rosh HaShana (18b) says that there are three categories regarding the four fasts (of Asarah b’Teves, Shiva Asar b’Tamuz, Tisha b’Av, and Tzom Gedaliah) : 1) when there is gezeiras malchus (persecution) all four fasts are obligatory...
Nov 30, 2017
By Rav Mosheh Twersky HY"D
The Four Fast Days and Sefer Zechariah
The Four Fast Days and Sefer Zechariah
Why do we fast on Tisha B’av?  The primary answer, of course, is to remember the destruction of the Bet HaMikdash and Yerushalayim. Yet, according to the Navi Zechariah, not only...
Oct 3, 2017
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
The Broken Tablets’ Eternal Message
The Broken Tablets’ Eternal Message
The Talmud records that the first tragedy that occurred on the 17th of Tammuz was the breaking of the tablets at Mt. Sinai. This event sets the tone for a day...
Jun 29, 2015
By Rabbi Aaron Goldscheider
What Mourning Means: Reflections of Rav Soloveitchik zt”l on Tisha B’Av
What Mourning Means: Reflections of Rav Soloveitchik zt”l on...
Rabbi Koenigsberg is a Rosh Yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University, and the editor of two volumes of the Shiurei HaRav series, an annotated collection of...
Jul 19, 2011
By Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik

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