![Tisha B’Av Kinah #21: “Arzei HaLevanon” – the 10 Martyrs](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/Tisha-BAv-e1471003762812.jpg)
Tisha B’Av Kinah #21: “Arzei HaLevanon” – the 10...
On Tisha B’Av, we mourn not only the loss of the Beit HaMikdash, but the loss of Torah as well. Presented by Rabbi Shai Finkelstein of Baron Hirsch Congregation in Memphis,...
Jul 14, 2006
By Rabbi Shai Finkelstein
![Tisha B’Av Kinah #8 – “A’adeh ad Chug Shamayim”](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/Ripple-in-Water-e1471003580107.jpg)
Tisha B’Av Kinah #8 – “A’adeh ad Chug Shamayim”
Tisha B’Av didn’t start with the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash, but goes back to the sin of the spies in the desert. We should understand that our actions have important...
Jul 13, 2006
By Rabbi Elazar Muskin
![Bayit Sheini Timeline](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/Beit-Hamikdash-6-e1470755079796.jpg)
Bayit Sheini Timeline
3338/423 B.C.E. Destruction of First Temple and beginning of Babylonian Exile 3389/372 B.C.E. Babylon falls to Medes and Persians under Darius the Mede and Cyrus the Great of Persia 3391/370 B.C.E....
Jun 29, 2006
By OU Staff
![The History and Laws of the Fast of Tisha B’Av](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/Arch-of-Titus-e1470582910591.jpg)
The History and Laws of the Fast of Tisha...
Tisha B’Av is the saddest day on the Jewish calendar because of the incredible series of tragedies which occurred on that date throughout Jewish History. Tisha B’Av – The “ninth day”...
Jun 26, 2006
By OU Staff
![Jerusalem: Above and Below](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/Jerusalem-e1462437677678.jpg)
Jerusalem: Above and Below
Why does Yerushalayim have a mystical claim on us? Why is it always on our agenda; the world is compared to an eyeball, the pupil is Yerushalayim. Jerusalem: Above and Below...
May 18, 2006
By Rabbi Ralph Pelcovitz
![Embrace Of The Angels: What they Don’t Tell Kids About Tisha B’Av](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/Keruvim-e1470552027392.jpg)
Embrace Of The Angels: What they Don’t Tell Kids...
When they entered the Kodesh HaKodashim they saw the Keruvim embracing which is normally a sign of God’s approval of the Jewish people. Why were they embracing at a time when...
Mar 22, 2006
By Rabbi Daniel Yolkut
![Reflections on the Month of Menachem Av](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/Tisha-BAv-at-Kotel-e1470402188788.jpg)
Reflections on the Month of Menachem Av
The dichotomy of Menachem Av, the “moed” of Tisha B’Av on the one hand and Tu B’Av on the other hand, & the Restoration of the Torah with Moshiach’s arrival.
Aug 30, 2005
By Rabbi Yosef Grossman
![Rabbi Moshe Krupka: Gaining more from Tisha B’Av](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/Tisha-BAv-at-Kotel-4-e1470402788611.jpg)
Rabbi Moshe Krupka: Gaining more from Tisha B’Av
Gaining more from Tisha B’Av: Rabbi Krupka discusses the transition we make on Tisha B’Av from mourning to consolation & our ability to move forward. We are mourning that the Shechinah...
Aug 16, 2005
By Rabbi Moshe Krupka
![Rabbi Genack: Why We Don’t Say Tachanun on Tisha B’Av](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/Tisha-BAv-at-Kotel-3-e1470402559136.jpg)
Rabbi Genack: Why We Don’t Say Tachanun on Tisha...
Delving deeper into Tisha B’Av: In the midst of tragedy there is hope. The fact that so many tragedies occurred on one specific day affirms that our covenant with God hasn’t been broken.
Aug 10, 2005
By Rabbi Menachem Genack
![Rabbi Weinreb – Tisha B’Av 5763: Living and Reliving the Experience of Catastrophe](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/Hester-Panim.jpg)
Rabbi Weinreb – Tisha B’Av 5763: Living and Reliving...
Seeing one experience of sorrow triggers memory of another. The churban was about God hiding His face, which we still experience now, 1900 years later. Tisha B’Av Kinot 5763 by Rabbi...
Aug 9, 2005
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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