The Three Weeks 143 articles

We cried out to the Eternal from the harsh sting of Pharaoh’s whip.  We wept by the waters of Babylon, bereft that our glorious Temple had been destroyed and we were...

The Chapter appears to be divided into three parts, all of which are related in one way or another to the human faculty of speech: Passuk 1, P’sukim 2-4, and P’sukim...

Tisha B’Av – The “ninth day” in the Jewish month of Av, which starts at sundown on the eighth day and concludes at sundown on the ninth day of Av. This...

All growth comes through discomfort. Sometimes we find ourselves troubled by a nagging, nameless concern that feels like a pebble in our shoe. It doesn’t cause great harm but irritates with...

Presented by Rabbi Steven Weil as part of the World of Western Mediterranean Jewry Series.

In the first Haftarah of the 3 weeks preceding Tisha B’Av Jeremiah is called upon to warn the people that the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash is coming. Haftorahman brings you...

The three weeks between the seventeenth of Tammuz and Tish’a b’Av, between the anniversary of the breach of the wall of Yerushalayim and the anniversary of the destruction of the Mikdash,...

The Rambam states in the Mishnah Torah that the purpose of fast days is to arouse us to do Teshuvah, not simply to refrain from food and drink.

What were the first and second temples (beit hamikdash) about? Why were they destroyed? How can we rectify it in our own lives?

At the age of 100, remembering the horrors of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp BY IRMA SONNENBERG MENKEL As Printed in July 21, 1997 Edition of Newsweek© Magazine I TURNED 100 YEARS OLD...