Fast of Tisha B’Av 261 articles

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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.

Forgotten Souls: Tisha B’Av Kinot 5768
Forgotten Souls: Tisha B’Av Kinot 5768
Rabbi Weinreb redeems from anonymity heroes and victims of a variety of Jewish catastrophes including the Temple destructions, Pogroms of 1648-49, French Revolution and Napoleonic wars, and the Shoah. Focusing on...
Jun 29, 2010
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
Rabbi Weinreb: Tisha B’av Kinot 5767 – The Tragedy of Failed Leadership
Rabbi Weinreb: Tisha B’av Kinot 5767 – The Tragedy...
The Tragedy of Failed Leadership: Every leader, however great, has had an area of failure. Sometimes the fault was theirs; sometimes the nation’s. Tisha Bav Kinot with introductions and explanations presented...
Jun 29, 2010
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
A Hug Forever
A Hug Forever
Unfortunately, it still remains the annual rite of a Jewish summer, a jarring contrast to the free-spirited summer fun that occupies Western society; we commonly refer to it as the three...
Jun 29, 2010
By Rabbi Asher Brander.
Rabbi Weinreb: Tisha B’av Kinot 5766
Rabbi Weinreb: Tisha B’av Kinot 5766
Based on a verse in Isaiah chapter 40, the Midrash says that the Jewish people sinned double, suffered double, and are comforted double. What is the significance of the double motif? Recorded...
Jun 29, 2010
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
OU Tisha B’Av Video 5765
OU Tisha B’Av Video 5765
Mourning for what was, hurting for what is, believing in what will be. The OU’s Tisha B’av Video for 5765 featuring Rav Hershel Schachter, Rabbi Dr. JJ Schacter, and Rabbi Dr. Tzvi...
Jun 28, 2010
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
An Analysis of the 10th Kinah: The Mishmarot Kehunah
An Analysis of the 10th Kinah: The Mishmarot Kehunah
Mourning the Loss of the Communities: On Tisha B’Av we mourn the loss of individual communities, including the 24 communities of kohanim, priests, who were the leaders & educators. Presented by Rabbi Steven...
Jun 24, 2010
By Rabbi Steven Weil
Rabbi Weinreb: Kinot 5760 – Old Fires of Destruction New Songs of Salvation
Rabbi Weinreb: Kinot 5760 – Old Fires of Destruction...
Rabbi Weinreb’s Kinot on Tisha B’Av 5760 (2000).  The cycle of Jewish History begins with the covenant (brit bein habetarim) God made with Avraham. A central concept in Judaism is covenant. But...
Jun 8, 2010
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
Rabbi Weinreb: Tisha B’av Kinot 5757
Rabbi Weinreb: Tisha B’av Kinot 5757
Piercing the Mechitza Shel Barzel: From the day the Bet HaMikdash was destroyed an iron wall separates us from God. What does this mean to us living in this generation? Delivered in Baltimore...
Jun 6, 2010
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
Rabbi Weinreb: Tisha B’av 5769 – Evil, Our Enemy (Audio)
Rabbi Weinreb: Tisha B’av 5769 – Evil, Our Enemy...
In his introduction Rabbi Weinreb quotes the Maharal. He says that redemption cannot come from falsehood; only from pure unadulterated honesty; from the simple truth. “Evil, Our Enemy” – Tisha B’Av Kinot...
Aug 12, 2009
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
The Sinai Connection: Parshat Devarim, Shiva Asar B’Tammuz & Tisha B’Av
The Sinai Connection: Parshat Devarim, Shiva Asar B’Tammuz &...
What is the common theme among the 5 events that happened on the 17th of Tammuz? What is the common theme among the 5 events that happened on the Tisha B’Av?
Jul 23, 2009
By Esther Wein

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