The Medrash notes a peculiar choice of words when Dovid describes the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash in Tehillim: “A song of Asaf. O Hashem, foreign nations ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
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
The prophet Jeremiah spent years warning his people that they repent and stop insisting that the Temple would protect them. To his chagrin, the Jews honored the Temple ..
Written by B A ROSE
this tuesday, (24th july)will be tisha b av meaning in hebrew 9th of av. It is an extremely sad day in the jewish calender for the main reason being both bet hamikdashim ..
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The Gemara in Taanis 30a says that learning Torah on Tisha b’av is in the main forbidden, since this is a joyful activity. However a beraisa states two significant ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill. (tehillim 137:5) The Gemara in Baba Basra 60b tells us that after the Second Temple was destroyed, ..
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The Mishna Brura in Hilchos Tisha B’Av brings a powerful hint as to what we should be doing on a fast day. Bringing the Posuk in Yona, when Yona went to Ninveh ..
Written by Moshe Kormornick
this tuesday, (24th july)will be tisha b av meaning in hebrew 9th of av. It is an extremely sad day in the jewish calender for the main reason being both bet hamikdashim ..
Written by Marc Zemmel
“A nation that mourns for its temple for more than 1700 years deserves to see it rebuilt.” (Napoleon to the Jews of France after inquiring about their ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose