Tzom Gedaliah 19 articles

Haftorah for a Ta’anis Tzibbur Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime

An Original Thought Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime

The Failure to Mourn for Gedaliah Properly was Preserved in the Times of… Purim – The Astounding Revelation of the Chasam Sofer Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime

The Gemara in Maseches Rosh HaShana (18b) says that there are three categories regarding the four fasts (of Asarah b’Teves, Shiva Asar b’Tamuz, Tisha b’Av, and Tzom Gedaliah) : 1) when there is gezeiras malchus (persecution) all four fasts are obligatory...

Why do we fast on Tisha B’av?  The primary answer, of course, is to remember the destruction of the Bet HaMikdash and Yerushalayim. Yet, according to the Navi Zechariah, not only...

“For the sin we committed before You by eating and drinking.” In the “Al Het” sin list we read multiple times over Yom Kippur, the appearance of a confession about eating...

Selichos Sichos: Tzom Gedaliah – presented by Rabbi Gavriel Price. An explanation of selicha #53. Between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur Hashem makes his presence more accessible and therefore repentance, is...

Tzom Gedaliah commemorates the assassination of Gedaliah Ben Achikam, the Governor of Israel during the days of Nebuchadnezzar...