The Fast of Tammuz Rabbi Daniel Leeman This year, the 17th of Tammuz falls on this coming Shabbat, and so the fast of the 17th of Tammuz is pushed off to Sunday. ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
Destiny By Rabbi Daniel Leeman During the three weeks we mourn over our exile and the destruction of the Temples. Ultimately though, we know that we will be redeemed ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
Why was the Beis Hamikdash destroyed? Because there was baseless hatred… שנאת חינם :יומא דף ט Rabbi Moshe Greene, a rabbi in Yeshiva Sh’or ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Green
Tisha B’Av and Simcha generally The gemarra says that just like in Adar we increase the simcha, so too in Av to we decrease the simcha. This decreased simcha culmitaes ..
Written by D Fine
In the Gemara in Berachos 3a a Beraiso is brought where R’Eliezer says that there are three watches. And says R’eliezer that “at each watch the HaKadosh ..
Written by B ROSE
Heard this comforting Chasidic Tora bout Ben Hametzarim. The Passok from Eicha goes: “kol rodfeh hiseguha ben hametzarim”,meaning that those who chased ..
Written by E Eiferman
One of the five tragedies we commemorate via fasting on Shiva Asar B’Tamuz is the fact that the walls of Yerushalayim were breached by the enemy; the first stage ..
Written by D Fine
An interesting idea: It’s interesting to note that the niggun for eicha and the niggun for simchas torah (kohanecha yilbeshu tzedek…) ..
Written by d fine
The three weeks are known by the term bein hametzarim. This comes from the root tzar, meaning narrow; tzarah means captivity (one is constrained). Unlike the ‘regular’ ..
Written by d fine
When we enter the 9 Days in particular, we can feel that Hashem is not with us and that He has abandoned us due to our sins, and that we are suffering all alone. ..
Written by Moshe Kormornick