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A discussion of the following ideas: “Naseh Adam”, choosing can only be for the good, Rosh Hashanah and Teshuva from fear vs. Yom Kippur and Teshuva from love, eternal life and...

The Yerushalmi Talmud rules that one is prohibited from making personal requests from God on Shabbat…but it should be permitted for us to make requests from God at the end of...

The Tisha B’Av kinah of “Sha’ali Srufa Ba’Esh” is An Elegy composed by the Maharam of Rothenburg for the Burning of the Talmud in Paris in 1242. Shiur presented by Rabbi Jack Bieler of...

We plead for Hashem for the Chillul Hashem caused by the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem – Presented by Rabbi Aaron Cohen of Congregation Tifereth Israel, Passaic, NJ.

The similarities & differences between mourning over a lost relative and mourning over the destruction of the Bais Hamikdash. Given on July 26, 2006.

Why do we say a kinah about the Crusades on Tisha B’Av if it’s unrelated to the churban? It reminds us of the danger of becoming too comfortable in exile. The...

Mourning the churban isn’t just for the 3 weeks/Tisha B’Av, we mourn the Beit HaMikdash all year long with customs that remind us of the destruction. Mourning Over Churban – Emotionally...

Crying to God about how much the Jewish people have suffered and continue to suffer. Why does the author alternate between a quintuple/sextuple acrostic? Presented by Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein of Beth Israel...

On Tisha B’Av, we mourn not only the loss of the Beit HaMikdash, but the loss of Torah as well. Presented by Rabbi Shai Finkelstein of Baron Hirsch Congregation in Memphis,...

Tisha B’Av didn’t start with the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash, but goes back to the sin of the spies in the desert. We should understand that our actions have important...