Tisha B’Av: The Day the Wormhole Collapsed
The Beit HaMikdash is transdimensional; it is at the center of all the dimensions. As a result, it acts as portal to tap into other, metaphysical dimensions.
By Rabbi Yochanan Bechhofer
Tisha B’Av: The Destruction is Here and Now
Plato asked Yirmiyahu why he continued to mourn over the Beit HaMikdash -it’s not the way of wisdom? Why do we, in fact, mourn over the churban more than we do for...
By Rabbi Yochanan Bechhofer
Tisha B’av Webcast 5776 – Rabbi Steven Weil
Mourning The Victims of Entebbe 40 Years later and the Holocaust victims of Lita 75 Years Later with Rabbi Weil from Boca Raton Synagogue (HD) In his intro to Kinot Rabbi...
VaYigdal Moshe on Tisha b’Av
Seichel and Beis HaMikdash Chazal say that someone who has deiah it is as if the Beis HaMikdash was rebuilt in his days (Sanhedrin 92a). How are we to understand this? Why is...
By Rav Mosheh Twersky HY"D
Tisha b’Av Kinot 5776: Rav Chaim Ilson
In his introduction Rav Ilson asks several questions: Tisha B’Av is a day of mourning yet the practices & halachot of Tisha B’Av seem to go against all the basic rules...
What Are We Mourning About?
Tisha B’Av is not about the inability to bring sacrifices; they stopped bringing sacrifices 3 weeks earlier on the 17th of Tammuz. It’s about losing the Beit HaMikdash itself. What is the...
By Rabbi Yochanan Bechhofer
Are We Teaching Yiras Shamayim?
For what sin was the land lost? This question was asked to the wise men and to the prophets. No one could answer until HASHEM Himself said, ̒Because they left My...
By Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier
Rav Mayer Twersky – Tisha B’Av 5776: Haftarot for...
The only thing Chazal mandate for the 3 weeks is the 3 haftarot; the aveilut customs are later additions. The essence of the 3 weeks then is the messages we get...
Rav Soloveitchik: Tisha B’Av Kinos 1979 – Part 4
In his introduction, Rav Soloveitchik discusses the differences and similarities of Yom Kippur and Tisha B’Av. One (Tisha B’Av), is the saddest day, one (Yom Kippur) is the happiest day. Delivered in...
By Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Rav Soloveitchik: Tisha B’Av Kinos 1979 – Part 3
In his introduction, Rav Soloveitchik discusses the differences and similarities of Yom Kippur and Tisha B’Av. One (Tisha B’Av), is the saddest day, one (Yom Kippur) is the happiest day. Delivered in...
By Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik
