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Fast of Tisha B’Av 276 articles

Jewish Holidays

Tisha B’Av is the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, not just because it is the day on with both temples were destroyed but also because many other tragedies have occurred on that day as well. We focus on these historical events as part of the kinot we say on Tisha B’Av night and during the day.

Life Overlooking Har HaBayit
Life Overlooking Har HaBayit
Jul 27, 2020
By Tziporah Piltz
Discover the Inner Joy of Megilas Eicha
Discover the Inner Joy of Megilas Eicha
The Ben Ish Chai’s revolutionary interpretation of Yirmiyahu’s prophecy To receive source sheets for any of Rabbi Glatstein’s shiurim, please email rabbiglatsteinsourcesheets@gmail.com Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Jul 27, 2020
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
The Kinna for the Holocaust of Rav Shimon Schwab – At His Kever
The Kinna for the Holocaust of Rav Shimon Schwab...
To receive source sheets for any of Rabbi Glatstein’s shiurim, please email rabbiglatsteinsourcesheets@gmail.com Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Jul 27, 2020
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Why This Tisha b’Av Is Different
Why This Tisha b’Av Is Different
To receive source sheets for any of Rabbi Glatstein’s shiurim, please email rabbiglatsteinsourcesheets@gmail.com Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Jul 24, 2020
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
It Was the Best of Times, It Was the...
To receive source sheets for any of Rabbi Glatstein’s shiurim, please email rabbiglatsteinsourcesheets@gmail.com Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Jul 24, 2020
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Torah Study on Tisha B’av
Torah Study on Tisha B’av
The prohibition against studying Torah on Tisha B’av is well known. The primary reason for it is because we are not supposed to be happy on Tisha B’av, to say the least, and...
Jul 24, 2020
By Rabbi Ari Enkin
Cracking the Code of Megillas Eicha
Cracking the Code of Megillas Eicha
To receive source sheets for any of Rabbi Glatstein’s shiurim, please email rabbiglatsteinsourcesheets@gmail.com Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Jul 22, 2020
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
The Seven Stages of Geulah: Unrolling the Haftarot of the Sheva deNechemta
The Seven Stages of Geulah: Unrolling the Haftarot of...
  Recorded at OU Israel’s L’Ayla Rosh Chodesh Elul 5779 Women’s Event sponsored in memory of Mrs Linda Pruwer-Brachfeld, מרת חיה סאשא בת ר’ יוסף הלל.  
Sep 3, 2019
By Kira Sirote
The Seven Haftarot of Consolation
The Seven Haftarot of Consolation
  Delivered at the OU Israel Center, August 25, 2019, 24 Av 5779 This shiur is sponsored by Mel David in Gratitude to Hashem for the many blessings he has been...
Aug 29, 2019
By Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz
Seeking Our Inner Beis HaMikdash
Seeking Our Inner Beis HaMikdash
Aug 19, 2019
By Rabbi Yochanan Bechhofer

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