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Fast of Tisha B’Av 276 articles

Jewish Holidays

Tisha B’Av is the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, not just because it is the day on with both temples were destroyed but also because many other tragedies have occurred on that day as well. We focus on these historical events as part of the kinot we say on Tisha B’Av night and during the day.

Exploring Important themes from Eicha and the Tisha B’Av Kinot
Exploring Important themes from Eicha and the Tisha B’Av...
Delivered 2 Av 5784 / August 6, 2024
Aug 9, 2024
By Rabbi Yossi Goldin
Megillat Eicha: Hope in the Eye of the Storm
Megillat Eicha: Hope in the Eye of the Storm
Delivered 2 Av 5784 / August 6, 2024 The L’Ayla Rosh Chodesh Program is sponsored by the Brachfeld Family in Memory of Mrs. Linda Pruwer Brachfeld, מרת חיה סאשא בת ר’...
Aug 8, 2024
By Adina Ellis
Who Will Live and Who Will Die?: Tisha B’Av
Who Will Live and Who Will Die?: Tisha B’Av
A meaningful Tisha B’Av story.
Aug 8, 2024
By Harry Rothenberg
Tisha B’Av: It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
Tisha B’Av: It Was the Best of Times, It...
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Aug 6, 2024
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
All About Tisha b’Av
All About Tisha b’Av
Tisha b’Av is the ninth day of the month of Av, which typically falls in late July or August. This is the last day of the Three Weeks, a period of...
Jul 17, 2024
By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
Halacha According to the Sephardic Practice: Tefillot of Tishah B’Av
Halacha According to the Sephardic Practice: Tefillot of Tishah...
The Night of Tishah B’Av As a sign of mourning, one should wear plain weekday clothes. It is customary to remove the parochet in the synagogue. Some people have the custom...
Jul 8, 2024
By Rabbi Yonatan Nacson
Halacha According to the Sephardic Practice: Tishah B’Av
Halacha According to the Sephardic Practice: Tishah B’Av
Five tragedies befell Bnei Yisrael on Tishah B’Av: It was decreed that our forefathers would not enter Eretz Yisrael, and would pass away in the desert over a forty-year period. The...
Jul 3, 2024
By Rabbi Yonatan Nacson
Tisha B’Av the Moed
Tisha B’Av the Moed
Aug 13, 2023
By Rabbi Avi Kilimnick
Tisha B’Av Again? Did We Miss Mashiach?
Tisha B’Av Again? Did We Miss Mashiach?
Delivered at the OU Israel Center, 8 Av 5783 / July 26, 2023 Rabbi Manning’s series for 2023 has been sponsored לעילוי נשמת ברנה בת בנדית וזליג בן קלמן
Aug 7, 2023
By Rabbi Anthony Manning
The Destruction of Jerusalem and the Rebirth of Israel in the Thought of Rav Sholom Gold zt”l
The Destruction of Jerusalem and the Rebirth of Israel...
Aug 1, 2023
By Rabbi Shimshon Nadel

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