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Rabbeinu Yonah writes that it is a requirement to remember & contemplate the kindnesses of Hashem. A reliving of the events culminating in the 6-day war. Dedicated in memory of Yissachar...

Yonah is revived by Eliyahu and takes on his personality traits. The similar character traits of and parallels between Eliyahu and Yonah ben Amitai.

L’zecher nishmat Shalom ben Yisrael Aumann. The Rambam says that the first step in teshuva is to verbalize one’s wrongdoings. How the story of Yosef and his brothers parallels and as a...

There are many possibilities as to what is the basis of our theology, our world outlook. According to Rabbeinu Bachya the basis is hakarat hatov. A lack of this trait is the...

The path out of galut, out of darkness into light. Why are we still in a state of “mipnei chataeinu galinu me’artzeinu” (because of our sins we in exile)? Tisha B’Av...

Is the dual nature of Tisha B’Av as both a day of mourning and a taanit tzibur (public fast day), really 2 different aspects?

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The Churban happened close to 2000 years ago but the loss continues until today. How do we learn from the churban, how do we move ahead and grow? Click here to watch with...

According to Rav Soloveitchik, Tisha B’Av is about crying. Kinot is supposed to bring us to fully understand the real calamity – the absence of Divine Providence. Click here for part...

Of the many dimensions to the loss of the Beit HaMikdash the person-to-person aspect that it represents – discord and disharmony is the most tragic and it is this last aspect...