Tisha B’av 5770: The Meaning Behind the Tears
What happened on Tisha B’Av that caused so many tragedies to occur? An understanding of what the sin of the spies was all about. Join OU board member Charlie Harary for...
Tisha B’Av 5769: Finding Hope in the Destruction
Finding Hope in the Destruction Presented by Rabbi Yaakov Glasser. Rabbi Glasser’s shiur is geared towards teenagers, but it is appropriate for adults as well. Tisha B’Av is also called a...
From Galus to Geulah: Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky
On Tisha B’Av, in Kinah 31, we look at Tisha B’Av through the eyes of Pesach and we look at Pesach through the eyes of Tisha B’Av.
Tisha B’av Kinot 5769: The Tragedy that Transcends Generations
“The Tragedy that Transcends Generations”: Appreciating the magnitude and tragedy of the destruction of individual Jewish communities, from the Temple’s destruction to Khmelnitsky to the Holocaust. Recorded at Beth Jacob Congregation, Beverly...
Rabbi Weinreb: Tisha B’av Kinos 5769 – Evil, Our...
“Evil, Our Enemy” – Tisha B’Av Kinot presented by Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb. Recorded as a live webcast on July 30, 2009 by the Orthodox Union at Young Israel of...
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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...
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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...
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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...
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...
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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...
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
