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Requests on Shabbat and Rosh Hashana
The Yerushalmi Talmud rules that one is prohibited from making personal requests from God on Shabbat…but it should be permitted for us to make requests from God at the end of...
Sep 6, 2006
By Rabbi Dovid Rosman
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Kinah: “Sha’ali Srufa Ba’Esh”
The Tisha B’Av kinah of “Sha’ali Srufa Ba’Esh” is An Elegy composed by the Maharam of Rothenburg for the Burning of the Talmud in Paris in 1242. Shiur presented by Rabbi Jack Bieler of...
Aug 3, 2006
By Rabbi Jack Bieler
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Tisha B’Av Kinah #20: “Hatei Elokai Oznecha”
We plead for Hashem for the Chillul Hashem caused by the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem – Presented by Rabbi Aaron Cohen of Congregation Tifereth Israel, Passaic, NJ.
Aug 1, 2006
By Rabbi Aaron Cohen
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Rosh Chodesh Av: Mourning a Relative & Mourning the...
The similarities & differences between mourning over a lost relative and mourning over the destruction of the Bais Hamikdash. Given on July 26, 2006.
Jul 27, 2006
By Rabbi Yosef Grossman
![Tisha B’Av Kinah #25: “Mi Yiten Roshi Mayim” – The Crusades](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/Cemetery-2.jpg)
Tisha B’Av Kinah #25: “Mi Yiten Roshi Mayim” –...
Why do we say a kinah about the Crusades on Tisha B’Av if it’s unrelated to the churban? It reminds us of the danger of becoming too comfortable in exile. The...
Jul 27, 2006
By Rabbi Yaacov Lehrfield
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Tisha B’Av: Mourning Over the Churban
Mourning the churban isn’t just for the 3 weeks/Tisha B’Av, we mourn the Beit HaMikdash all year long with customs that remind us of the destruction. Mourning Over Churban – Emotionally...
Jul 20, 2006
By Rabbi Yosef Grossman
![Tisha B’Av Kinah #7: “Eicha Atz’ta B”Apechah”](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/Kinot-2.jpg)
Tisha B’Av Kinah #7: “Eicha Atz’ta B”Apechah”
Crying to God about how much the Jewish people have suffered and continue to suffer. Why does the author alternate between a quintuple/sextuple acrostic? Presented by Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein of Beth Israel...
Jul 17, 2006
By Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein
![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
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The Customs Of Shavuot
1) There aren’t any mitzvot on Shavuot. 2) Why do we have the customs to stay up all night AND LEARN on Shavuot. 3) Why do we eat dairy products on...
May 31, 2006
By Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein
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