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
In considering the possibility of those who wish to build a Third Temple on har haBayis today, Rav Berkowitz shlit”a poses a powerful question: Are we ready ..
Written by Moshe Kormornick
In the Talmud Yerushalmi (Ta’anis 4:5) there is a discussion of the events leading up to the breaking of the Luchos. Moshe ascended Mt. Sinai to receive the Torah, ..
Written by B ROSE
It is not a coincidence that the first Parsha in the month of Tamuz is Parshas Shelach – the Parsha of the Lashon Hara of the Meraglim. And it is not coincidental ..
Written by B ROSE
There is a famous story that one Tisha B’Av as Napoleon was walking through the streets of Paris he heard bitter wailing coming form inside a building. When ..
Written by B Rose
The position of the Keruvim reflect the relationship between Hashem and Bnei Yisroel. When we are doing the mitzvos they face each other. When we stray the Keruvim ..
Written by B ROSE
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