The Three Weeks 143 articles

What is the difference between the 2 songs found in the Torah (Haazinu and Az Yashir)? Why are they written differently? How is Haazinu considered a shira? Presented by Rav Aharon Kahn...

Our parsha commences with a reward and punishment classic; first, the reward: In the future, as a consequence of your heeding these laws, and your guarding and fulfilling them; Ad-noy, your...

One of the themes of Tisha B’Av kinot is that the Torah was also taken away from us. No longer does Torah, nor the wisdom of the sages emanate from Zion....

On Tisha B’Av, in Kinah 31, we look at Tisha B’Av through the eyes of Pesach and we look at Pesach through the eyes of Tisha B’Av.

This program aims to inspire each and everyone of us to focus on Yerushalayim and its meaning to the Jewish people so that next year will realize the millennia-old dream of...

Unfortunately, it still remains the annual rite of a Jewish summer, a jarring contrast to the free-spirited summer fun that occupies Western society; we commonly refer to it as the three...

Mourning for what was, hurting for what is, believing in what will be. The OU’s Tisha B’av Video for 5765 featuring Rav Hershel Schachter, Rabbi Dr. JJ Schacter, and Rabbi Dr. Tzvi...

The Mishnah (Ta’anit 25b) says that once the month of Av begins, during the Nine Days, we have to reduce our joy. The Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 551:2) rules according to...

The Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 551:16) records a custom practiced by Ashkenazim of not bathing or showering during the Nine Days, from Rosh Chodesh of the month of Av until the...

Fast days, with the exception of Yom Kippur and Tisha B’Av, begin in the morning. Does that mean we can enjoy ourselves the night before? In particular, the Three Weeks, with...