Tisha B’av Kinot 5777 – Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh...
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...
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
Golus: Living the Nightmare
The existence of the Beit HaMikdash is considered the natural order, nature in balance. What caused it and how do we restore the natural order?
By Rabbi Yochanan Bechhofer
Tisha B’Av – The Day We Lost Our Home
The Gemara says that any generation in which the Beit HaMikdash isn’t rebuilt, it’s as if it was destroyed in that generation teaches that it’s natural to have a beit hamikdash...
By Rabbi Yochanan Bechhofer
Tisha b’Av Kinot 5777
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?
Grief, Guidance, and Growth: Tisha B’av Kinot 5776
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...
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
Rabbi Chaim Ilson: Tisha B’av Kinot 5775 – Part...
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...
The Person-to-Person Dimension of the Churban (Tisha B’Av 5769)
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...
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
Churban HaBayis: Severed From Our Anchor
What is it about the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash that makes it the beginning of the exile, the Jews still lived in their land? What is galus (exile)?
By Rabbi Yochanan Bechhofer
Crooked Perspective: The Cause of Destruction
The meraglim didn’t lie when they reported back to the people on the first Tisha B’Av. If so, what was their sin? How does this relate to the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash?
By Rabbi Yochanan Bechhofer
Crying Over 2,000 Years Later – Why?
Chazal say that any generation that doesn’t merit to see the rebuilding of the Bet HaMikdash it’s as if they destroyed it. Why is that fair?
By Rabbi Yochanan Bechhofer
