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Why do we say Aneinu on both a public fast day such as Tisha B’Av and on a private fast day such as for a dream or a yahrtzeit? Aren’t their purposes different? A...

There are 2 different  and distinct concepts: zecher l’mikdash (remembering the Bet HaMikdash) and zecher l’churban (remembering the destruction). Zecher L’Mikdash isn’t about mourning; it’s about focusing on the glory that was...

A Shiur on The Three Weeks presented by Rabbi Joseph Grunblatt. Why is the current exile so long – the generation that brought it about is long gone? What have the Jews since then...

Kinot show how we have suffered at the hands of the nations. But we must remember that it was God who allowed the churban to occur. This is the theme of...

In this shiur Rabbi Feivel Wagner discusses the 3 types of Kinot we recite on Tisha B’Av: 1) mourning; 2) focus on the former glory & contrasting it with what is; 3) accepting...

The party at the beginning of the Megillah causes the king’s economic problems. This leads to the decree against the Jews & Esther’s plot to bring down Haman.