Tisha B’Av: Mourning Over the Churban
Mourning the churban isn’t just for the 3 weeks/Tisha B’Av, we mourn the Beit HaMikdash all year long with customs that remind us of the destruction. Mourning Over Churban – Emotionally...
Tisha B’Av Kinah #7: “Eicha Atz’ta B”Apechah”
Crying to God about how much the Jewish people have suffered and continue to suffer. Why does the author alternate between a quintuple/sextuple acrostic? Presented by Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein of Beth Israel...
By Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein
Tisha B’Av Kinah #21: “Arzei HaLevanon” – the 10...
On Tisha B’Av, we mourn not only the loss of the Beit HaMikdash, but the loss of Torah as well. Presented by Rabbi Shai Finkelstein of Baron Hirsch Congregation in Memphis,...
By Rabbi Shai Finkelstein
Tisha B’Av Kinah #8 – “A’adeh ad Chug Shamayim”
Tisha B’Av didn’t start with the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash, but goes back to the sin of the spies in the desert. We should understand that our actions have important...
Bayit Sheini Timeline
3338/423 B.C.E. Destruction of First Temple and beginning of Babylonian Exile 3389/372 B.C.E. Babylon falls to Medes and Persians under Darius the Mede and Cyrus the Great of Persia 3391/370 B.C.E....
The History and Laws of the Fast of Tisha...
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. Tisha B’Av – The “ninth day”...
Jerusalem: Above and Below
Why does Yerushalayim have a mystical claim on us? Why is it always on our agenda; the world is compared to an eyeball, the pupil is Yerushalayim. Jerusalem: Above and Below...
Embrace Of The Angels: What they Don’t Tell Kids...
When they entered the Kodesh HaKodashim they saw the Keruvim embracing which is normally a sign of God’s approval of the Jewish people. Why were they embracing at a time when...
Reflections on the Month of Menachem Av
The dichotomy of Menachem Av, the “moed” of Tisha B’Av on the one hand and Tu B’Av on the other hand, & the Restoration of the Torah with Moshiach’s arrival.
Rabbi Moshe Krupka: Gaining more from Tisha B’Av
Gaining more from Tisha B’Av: Rabbi Krupka discusses the transition we make on Tisha B’Av from mourning to consolation & our ability to move forward. We are mourning that the Shechinah...
