When Tisha b’Av is Observed on Sunday
1. When Tisha b’Av falls on Sunday or on Shabbos – Shabbos is for the most part a regular Shabbos. We eat regular meat Shabbos meals, and wear our regular Shabbos...
By Rabbi Y. Dov Krakowski
Throwing the Keys Up to Heaven: A Thought for...
When offering words of comfort to a mourner we reference the destruction of the Temple. The traditional invocation expresses our wish that the mourner be comforted “among the mourners of Zion...
By Rabbi Aaron Goldscheider
Rav Chaim Ilson: Tisha B’av Kinot 5775 – Part...
According to Rav Soloveitchik, Tisha B’Av is about crying. Kinot are supposed to help us fully understand the real calamity – the absence of Divine Providence. Click here for part 2
Halacha L’Maaseh on The Three Weeks and Tish’a B’Av
Three Weeks: Three Stages of Mourning Before Tish’a b’Av we are in a type of mourning so the laws are similar to mourning for a parent. There are three stages: The...
Tisha B’Av: The Power of Rachel’s Tears
This course examines the Biblical character Rachel through the eyes of Jeremiah in order to better understand relationships, empathy, the power of action, and effective mourning. See more at alephbeta.org
Tisha B’av Kinot 5774: Rabbi Weinreb
Jeremiah’s Journey: ruin, resilience, and redemption. How can we relate to aveilut yeshana? By realizing that all Jewish woe is interconnected. When Jeremiah expresses his pain, he is expressing our pain,...
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
Tisha B’av Kinot 5774: Rabbi Weil
The Poetry of the Pain: An Analysis of the Kinot. An analysis and exploration in themes of Eliezer Hakalir, one of the earliest and most prolific liturgical poets in Jewish history.
Rav Chaim Ilson: Tisha B’av Kinot 5774
Rav Chaim Ilson presents insights of The Rav, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, into the Kinot of Tisha B’Av including some of the sources for his insights.
Hilchos Tisha B’Av
The following is meant as a convenient review of Halachos pertaining to Tisha B’Av. The Piskei Din for the most part are based purely on the Sugyos, Shulchan Aruch and Rama,...
By Rabbi Y. Dov Krakowski
Confronting Exile, Seeking Redemption
When we ask Eichah we are asking: “how did we get here”? We’re reminding ourselves that we weren’t always here & that we shouldn’t accept life in exile as the status quo....
