Tisha B’av Kinot 5772: “Grappling With Destruction”
“Grappling With Destruction”: On Tisha B’Av we re-experience a funeral, the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash & other tragedies throughout Jewish history through the kinot & prophets. Rabbi Weil’s Kinot from...
The 41st Kinah: 2 Infamous Medieval Debates & the...
Rabbi Weil discusses 2 debates: one in Spain between Pablo Christiani and the Ramban and one in France which involved Louis IX and Nicholas Donin in 1240. The latter led to burning...
Kinot 31 & 34: Homicide In The Mikdash
The Tragic Consequence of Zechariah’s Murder (Kinos 31 and 34): Instead of trying to fix the problem (their sins) they killed the messenger (Zechariah). It remained unaddressed until Nevuzaradan came.
Kinah 21: The Death Knell of Israeli Jewry
The Aftermath of the Roman Genocide and the Hadrianic Decrees: We haven’t corrected the flaw of intra-Jewish animosity. Even under the Roman siege, we weren’t united. An Analysis of The 21st Kinah,...
Tisha B’av 5772: Hearing and Seeing
What is exile? What does the Ramchal mean when he says all events that occur to the Jews as a nation are experienced by each individual in their own life?
Two Infamous Medieval Disputations
Presented by Rabbi Steven Weil as part of the World of Western Mediterranean Jewry Series.
Tisha B’Av: Holiday of Distance
According to Rav Wolbe the theme of Tisha B’Av is the concept of “Po” – here. God should exist here in this world. However, this is something we can’t comprehend without...
Parashat Devarim & Tisha B’Av: Torah and the Land...
Torah and the Land of Israel These are the words that Moshe spoke to all Yisrael, on the far-side of the Jordan, in the wilderness, on the plain opposite Suf, between...
Seudah Hamafseket on Shabbat-Erev Tisha b’Av
Normally, the last meal eaten before the Tish’ b’Av fast is supposed to be a spare meal eaten in solitude, since the mourning of Tish’a b’Av begins already the day before....
The Power of Tisha B’Av: An Analysis of Kinot...
The personal losses of the churban – The Death of the Righteous: The Tragedy of the Deaths of Yoshiyahu HaMelech, The Children of Rabbi Yishmael, and the Ten Martyrs – Presented...
