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 Overview & Laws
 • When God Moved Out
 • Personal Mourning
 • Festival of Sadness
 • The Month of Av: Disaster
   and Consolation
 • Destruction on the Tenth of
   Av
 • 17th of Tammuz
 • The 3 Weeks
 • Tisha Bav
 • Feeling the Loss
 • The Roots of Destruction
 • Overview:Book of
   Lamentations
 • Connection Through Fasting
 • Laws of Shoes and Chairs
 • When Tisha B'Av falls on
   Shabbat or Sunday
 Jewish Unity
 Anti-Semitism &
 Suffering
 The Holy Temple
 Jerusalem
 Multi Media




When God Moved Out
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
Tisha B'Av and the truth of consequences.

Personal Mourning
by Shoshana Horowitz
After the sudden loss of my father, Tisha B'Av took on new meaning.

Festival of Sadness_
by Rabbi Yehuda L. Oppenheimer
Longing for a better future.

The Month of Av: Disaster and Consolation_
by Rebbetzin Tzipporah Heller
The same covenant that promises suffering, promises redemption.

Destruction on the Tenth of Av
by Larry Domnitch
After Tisha B'Av, the burning of the Temple continued for another day. Its affects continue to be felt throughout Jewish history.

Connecting Through Fasting_
by Aliza Bulow
How can being hungry help us create a spiritual connection?

Feeling the Loss
by Rebbetzin Tzipporah Heller
On the 9th of Av we can understand the source of the senseless hatred that caused the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and dedicate ourselves to "senseless love."

When Tisha B'Av falls on Shabbat or Sunday
by Rabbi Elozor Barclay and Rabbi Yitzchok Jaeger
Special laws that apply when the Tisha B'Av observance begins on Saturday night.

Laws of Shoes and Chairs
by Rabbi Elozor Barclay and Rabbi Yitzchok Jaeger
Tisha B'Av is a day of mourning, and minimizing physical pleasure.

Overview: Book of Lamentations
by Rabbi Avi Geller
Jeremiah describes the tragedy of the Temple's destruction. The lessons are true still today.

Tisha B'Av - The Ninth of Av
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons
Overview and laws of the Jewish national day of mourning.

The Three Weeks
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons
Overview and laws of the period leading up to Tisha B'Av.

17th of Tammuz
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons
This day marks the beginning of the three weeks of mourning for the fall of Jerusalem and the loss of our holy Temple.

The Roots of Destruction
by Rabbi Doniel Baron
The tragedy of Tisha B'av has its roots literally in the oldest mistake in the book.



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