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We associate viduy with teshuva, and on Yom Kippur we express teshuva though confessing and regretting our sins, but in what sense is it that Rosh Hashana is the first day...

Rabbi Weinreb discusses the role of simcha in the celebration of Rosh Hashanah. There is a paradox in many of our observances…sometimes we are asked to contain within our selves two...

Rabbi Shimon Apisdorf, author of “The Survival Kit” series, discusses the shofar and its impact on us during the yamim noraim. What if we missed the call of the Shofar? What...

The dichotomy of Menachem Av, the “moed” of Tisha B’Av on the one hand and Tu B’Av on the other hand, & the Restoration of the Torah with Moshiach’s arrival.

Gaining more from Tisha B’Av: Rabbi Krupka discusses the transition we make on Tisha B’Av from mourning to consolation & our ability to move forward. We are mourning that the Shechinah...

Delving deeper into Tisha B’Av: In the midst of tragedy there is hope. The fact that so many tragedies occurred on one specific day affirms that our covenant with God hasn’t been broken.

Drawing from diverse Torah scholars including Rav Joseph Ber Soloveitchik and the present day Slonimer Rebbe, noted Torah scholar and respected psychotherapist, Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, weaves compelling interpretations, midrashim,...

Rabbi Weinreb discusses the differences in the prayers we recite on Tisha B’Av from the rest of the year, both historical and contemporary.

Listen to a new A Capella song performed specially for this year’s OU Tisha B’Av video by the Jewish A Capella group Six13.