In his introduction Rav Ilson asks several questions: Tisha B’Av is a day of mourning yet the practices & halachot of Tisha B’Av seem to go against all the basic rules of aveilut. We are told not to mourn a relative excessively yet we mourn year after year after year? Why is there no tziduk hadin on Tisha B’Av? What is the meaningfulness of crying in aveilut?
Tisha b’Av Kinot 5776: Rav Chaim Ilson
August 10, 2016