Tisha B’Av Kinah #20: “Hatei Elokai Oznecha”
We plead for Hashem for the Chillul Hashem caused by the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem – Presented by Rabbi Aaron Cohen of Congregation Tifereth Israel, Passaic, NJ.
Rosh Chodesh Av: Mourning a Relative & Mourning the...
The similarities & differences between mourning over a lost relative and mourning over the destruction of the Bais Hamikdash. Given on July 26, 2006.
Tisha B’Av Kinah #25: “Mi Yiten Roshi Mayim” –...
Why do we say a kinah about the Crusades on Tisha B’Av if it’s unrelated to the churban? It reminds us of the danger of becoming too comfortable in exile. The...
By Rabbi Yaacov Lehrfield
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...
