The Five Events of Tu B’Av and the Five...
Aug 5, 2020
By Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz
Insights into Tu B’Av
Download the mekorot here Recorded at OU Israel’s L’Ayla Rosh Chodesh Women’s Event
Jul 16, 2018
By Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz
Yom Kippur, Tu B’Av, and Purim
The mishna says that Tu B’Av and Yom Kippur are the happiest days of the year. Why isn’t Purim included? What is the difference between Yom Kippur and Tu B’Av on...
Oct 3, 2017
By Rabbi Yochanan Bechhofer
Love Breathing Through
The Gemara in Taanis lists several reasons why Tu B’Av is a joyous day. What is the common denominator between all the reasons?
Aug 7, 2017
By Rabbi Yochanan Bechhofer
Shira Smiles on Tu b’Av
The Gemara gives 6 reasons why Tu B’Av is celebrated. Many events have occurred that are greater than these. Why don’t these other events merit holidays as well? How can we make...
Aug 6, 2017
By Shira Smiles
Tu B’Av: Love Bleeding Through
Why does the miracle of Beitar (that the bodies didn’t decay) warrant a holiday – it’s a small bright spot in an otherwise tragic story? What is the unifying theme of all the...
Aug 19, 2016
By Rabbi Yochanan Bechhofer
Violence: The Reaction and the Lesson
THE DAY OF LOVE Yesterday, we commemorated and celebrated Tu B’Av – the 15th day of the month of Av. This day has become known, especially in modern Israel, as the...
Aug 16, 2016
By Rabbi Yossi Sarid
Tu b’Av: The Kosher Alternative to Valentine’s Day
Before we discuss Tu b’Av, let us first examine why Orthodox Jews do not observe Valentine’s Day. After all, it’s a day dedicated to love – isn’t that a good thing?...
Aug 6, 2014
By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
Rav Shlomo Aviner on Tu B’Av
Rabban Shimon Ben Gamliel stated: Israel had no holidays as joyous as Tu B'Av and Yom Kippur, when the young women of Jerusalem would go out and dance in the vineyards...
Jun 30, 2006
By Rav Shlomo Aviner
“Happy Burial Day”: The Fifteenth of Av
Burial on Tisha B’Av The rather odd and somewhat morbid title of this section is based on two extreme circumstances which arose in Jewish History, which are very hard for us...
Jun 30, 2006
By OU Staff
Discover More
- Asarah B'Tevet
- Birchat HaChama
- Chanukah
- Elul
- Fast of Esther
- Fast of Shiva Asar B'Tammuz
- Fast of Tisha B'Av
- Four Shabbatot
- Hoshanah Rabbah
- Lag BaOmer
- Months
- Passover
- Pesach Sheini
- Purim
- Rosh Hashanah
- Sefirat HaOmer
- Shabbat
- Shavuot
- Shmini Atzeret
- Shushan Purim
- Simchat Torah
- Sukkot
- The Three Weeks
- Tu B'Av
- Tu B'Shevat
- Tzom Gedaliah
- Yom HaAtzmaut
- Yom HaShoah
- Yom Hazikaron
- Yom Kippur
- Yom Yerushalayim
Subscribe To The OU’s Shabbat Shalom Weekly Newsletter
Weekly email newsletter filled with articles, Divrei Torah, upcoming events and more! Sign up today.