The Three Weeks 143 articles

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During the 3 week period beginning with the 17th of Tammuz and ending with Tisha B’Av we mourn the loss and continued absence of the Beit HaMikdash

Three of Affliction #1 (Pinchas or Mattot): Jeremiah 1:1-2:3
Three of Affliction #1 (Pinchas or Mattot): Jeremiah 1:1-2:3
Download PDF From this Shabbat until Shabbat Shuva, the weekly Haftarot relate to the Jewish calendar instead of the weekly Parashah. The first three of these Haftarot are the Three of...
Jul 20, 2022
By Zachary Beer and Rabbi Barry Kornblau
Rending One’s Garment for Jerusalem
Rending One’s Garment for Jerusalem
Delivered 14 Tammuz 5782 / July 13, 2022 The OU dedicates this shiur in loving memory of Mrs. Charlotte Brachfeld, מרת שיינדל לאה בת ר’ שמעון ע”ה, on the occasion of...
Jul 14, 2022
By Rabbi Shimshon Nadel
Weekly Tefilah Focus on the Three Weeks – Part 3
Weekly Tefilah Focus on the Three Weeks – Part...
We are within The Nine Days, just prior to Tish’ah B’Av.  May we see the salvation before this Tish’ah B’Av. This week, we present Shemoneh Esrei 45 and 46 on the brachah of “רצה–R’tzei” followed...
Jul 16, 2021
By Weekly Tefilah Focus
Weekly Tefilah Focus on the Three Weeks – Part 2
Weekly Tefilah Focus on the Three Weeks – Part...
We are about to begin the Nine Days period prior to Tish’ah B’Av.  May we see the salvation before this Tish’ah B’Av. This is the second of three parts of this...
Jul 16, 2021
By Weekly Tefilah Focus
Hands Off the Beis HaMikdash!
Hands Off the Beis HaMikdash!
To receive source sheets for any of Rabbi Glatstein’s shiurim, please email rabbiglatsteinsourcesheets@gmail.com Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime 
Jul 8, 2021
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Can Modern Jews “Grieve?”
Can Modern Jews “Grieve?”
In a well-documented tale, Napoleon once observed French Jews sitting on the floor of a synagogue, mourning their lost Temple. He was amazed at this historical consciousness which stretched back across...
Jul 6, 2021
By Rabbi Moshe Taragin
Weekly Tefilah Focus on the Three Weeks – Part 1
Weekly Tefilah Focus on the Three Weeks – Part...
We are within the Three Weeks, where we turn our focus to mourning the loss of the Beis HaMikdash.  The deeper aspects of what we mourn are the following: A.  We...
Jul 6, 2021
By Weekly Tefilah Focus
21 Days of Inverted Mourning
21 Days of Inverted Mourning
Jun 30, 2021
By Rav Zev Leff
Mourning for Yerushalayim On Three Levels: Past, Future, and Present
Mourning for Yerushalayim On Three Levels: Past, Future, and...
Jun 30, 2021
By Rabbi Yossi Goldin
Sensitivity and Silence
Sensitivity and Silence
 Shiur provided courtesy of Naaleh.com Adapted by Channie Koplowitz Stein Our Sages tell us that in every generation that the Beit Hamikdosh is not rebuilt, it is as if the Beit Hamikdosh...
Jun 28, 2021
By Shira Smiles

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