Tisha B'Av

Ask the rabbi: what are the special laws of tisha b'av?

Geula - let it come “fast”

Ask the Rabbi: The Sick Fasting on Tisha B’av

A Little Comfort

Shabbos Chazon - Seeing the Divine Will in the Mitzvos

Gentile Involvement in Our Affairs Does Not End Well

Ask the rabbi: what are the special laws of the 9 days?

What We Lose in the Exile

The Tablets Were Broken

The Three Weeks

Ask the rabbi: the 3 weeks are coming: what do I do?

What Are the Special Laws of Tisha B'av?

What Are The Special Laws Of The 9 Days? (For Ashkenazim)

The “3 Weeks” Are Coming: What Do I Do?

Will The Temple Be Built This Year?

Every year at this time, we mourn the destruction of the Temple and pray for its rebuilding. Does this mean that the Temple will actually be built this year?

Unleash the Torah's Shackles!

...It is interesting that one particular deficiency humbly hid itself for many generations among the other things we lacked, finding its expression chiefly in allusions of the Sages of the Kabbalah. However, in our times, it appears to be peeking out and budding forth, gradually becoming a bitter, silent, but great cry...

Returning to the Torah of the Land of Israel

...There is a tremendous difference between the Torah of Eretz Yisrael and that of the Diaspora. In the Land of Israel, the abundance of Holy Spirit bursts out upon every Torah scholar who wishes to study Torah for its own sake – and all the more so upon a group of Torah scholars… The very source of the Exile and humiliation in the world is simply the fact that no one declares aloud the value and wisdom of the Land of Israel, and that the Sin of the Spies who spoke ill of the Land is not being corrected. There must be an appropriate response to this Sin...

The Day Our Heart Stopped

It's time to end 2,000 years of "electric shock."

Explaining the Laws of the Three Weeks

The three-week period between Shiva Asar B’Tammuz and Tisha B’Av is kept by Klal Yisrael as a time of mourning. In this article, we will review and explain the halachos that apply during the Three Weeks.