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The 17th of Tamuz

Mourning the Destruction Today

The Seventeenth of Tammuz was supposed to be the day on which the Tablets of the Covenant were received and given to Israel, and the Ninth of Av was the day when the Spies would to return from the Land of Israel and proclaim, “The land is very good!”

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | Sivan 5768


The Ninth of Av

After the Ninth of Av

If we all strive to see the positive qualities of the land of Israel and its divine, spiritual value; if we feel happy to live in Israel, we will be able to rectify the Sin of the Spies which delayed our forefathers' entrance into the land.

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | Av 5763


The Ninth of Av

Today’s Ninth of Av

For many generations we were unable to take practical steps toward hastening the redemption of Israel. We were in exile and simply could not change our plight. Today, God has removed foreign rule from the land and created a Jewish state in its stead.

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | Elul, 5763


The 17th of Tamuz

The Breaking of the Tablets on the Seventeenth of Tammuz

The Tree of Knowledge contained a mixture of elements - both good and evil. This, then, was Adam's sin: He ate from the tree, and this caused existence to fall to a level whereupon there existed a mixture of both good and evil.

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | Tamuz, 1561