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...
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...
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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...
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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...
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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?
Devarim: Serenity and Desire
Tisha B’av and Devarim (the parsha) make appropriate bedfellows. Chazal find in Moshe’s eicha complaint echoes of Yirmiyahu and future lamentations. Thus the prevalent minhag of chanting that verse in the...
A Nation’s Loss: National Mourning in the Jewish Tradition
NATIONAL MOURNING IN THE JEWISH TRADITION The news of a loved one’s death utterly transforms us and our perception of the world. A young man, returning to his studies after being...
Sleepless Sermon: Shabbat Nachamu 5768
How do we call the Shabbat after Tisha B’Av “Nachamu” if we stated in Eicha “Ein Menachem”?
Forgotten Souls: Tisha B’Av Kinot 5768
Tisha B’av Kinot with introductions and explanations presented by Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb. Rabbi Weinreb redeems from anonymity heroes and victims of a variety of Jewish catastrophes including the Temple...
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
As the City Burned
The following story is true, however the names and details have been fictionalized. The pounding in Shlomo’s head wouldn’t stop, but it was easily drowned out by the pain in his...
