What Are We Missing?: Tisha B’Av
Tisha b’Av Kinnot 5778
Rabbi Chaim Ilson presents his annual discussion on the themes of Tisha b’Av on Sunday, July 22.
L’Torah L’Chuppah UL’Kiddush Hashem: What the Tisha B’Av Kinot...
Download the mekorot here Recorded at OU Israel’s L’Ayla Rosh Chodesh Women’s Event
The Ingenuity of Eicha Rabbah: How to Find Consolation...
Download the mekorot here Recorded at OU Israel’s L’Ayla Rosh Chodesh Women’s Event
Tisha B’Av and Mashiach: What Mourning Says About Our...
On Tisha B’Av, we read the Book of Eicha, but we don’t really read it, we sing it. We sing it with a mournful melody. Eicha is a book written by...
Tisha B’Av: Is This Ancient Tragedy Still Meaningful?
Tisha B’Av. Look at how we observe this day. Why Do We Mourn The Ancient Tragedy Of Tisha B’av? We sit on the ground, surrounded sometimes by candles. We sing elegies...
Baseless Hatred: The Great Tisha b’Av Crime
So, I confess, I have always had a real problem with Tisha B’Av. I know that sounds terrible to say but here’s my issue, we all know the famous saying quoted...
Partnering with Hashem
O how has the city that was once so populous remained lonely! She has become like a widow! She that was great among the nations, a princess among the provinces, has...
More Inyanei Tisha B’Av
Gadol Gibor v’Nora – Great, Mighty, and Awesome Why are the Anshei Knesses Ha’Gedolah, asks the Gemara in Yoma (69b), called by that name? Because they reinstated the practice of referring...
By Rav Mosheh Twersky HY"D
The Four Fasts, Then & Now
The Gemara in Maseches Rosh HaShana (18b) says that there are three categories regarding the four fasts (of Asarah b’Teves, Shiva Asar b’Tamuz, Tisha b’Av, and Tzom Gedaliah) : 1) when there is gezeiras malchus (persecution) all four fasts are obligatory...
By Rav Mosheh Twersky HY"D
