Rav Chaim Ilson: Tisha B’av Kinot 5775 – Part...
According to Rav Soloveitchik, Tisha B’Av is about crying. Kinot are supposed to help us fully understand the real calamity – the absence of Divine Providence. Click here for part 2
Halacha L’Maaseh on The Three Weeks and Tish’a B’Av
Three Weeks: Three Stages of Mourning Before Tish’a b’Av we are in a type of mourning so the laws are similar to mourning for a parent. There are three stages: The...
Tisha B’Av: The Power of Rachel’s Tears
This course examines the Biblical character Rachel through the eyes of Jeremiah in order to better understand relationships, empathy, the power of action, and effective mourning. See more at alephbeta.org
Tisha B’av Kinot 5774: Rabbi Weinreb
Jeremiah’s Journey: ruin, resilience, and redemption. How can we relate to aveilut yeshana? By realizing that all Jewish woe is interconnected. When Jeremiah expresses his pain, he is expressing our pain,...
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
Tisha B’av Kinot 5774: Rabbi Weil
The Poetry of the Pain: An Analysis of the Kinot. An analysis and exploration in themes of Eliezer Hakalir, one of the earliest and most prolific liturgical poets in Jewish history.
Rav Chaim Ilson: Tisha B’av Kinot 5774
Rav Chaim Ilson presents insights of The Rav, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, into the Kinot of Tisha B’Av including some of the sources for his insights.
Hilchos Tisha B’Av
The following is meant as a convenient review of Halachos pertaining to Tisha B’Av. The Piskei Din for the most part are based purely on the Sugyos, Shulchan Aruch and Rama,...
By Rabbi Y. Dov Krakowski
Confronting Exile, Seeking Redemption
When we ask Eichah we are asking: “how did we get here”? We’re reminding ourselves that we weren’t always here & that we shouldn’t accept life in exile as the status quo....
Tisha B’av: A Day of Mourning and Fasting
Tisha B’Av is a day of mourning (aveilut) but is also very much a fast day (ta’anit tzibur). How do these 2 motifs interact? A shiur based on insights from Rav Soloveitchik.
Tisha B’Av: Personal Mourning & Communal Mourning
Rav Ilson discusses individual/”new mourning” (for a relative) and communal/”old mourning” for historical events, such as Tisha B’Av. The challenge of Tisha B’Av is that we can’t truly mourn what we...
