We know the notion that on Tisha B’Av G-d had mercy on us by just destroying the edifice of the Beit HaMikdash and not us. When thinking of the number nine, the idea of tisha yarchei leida, the nine ...

This year’s Tisha B’Av will be different from past years. Our mourning usually begins slowly with the Three Weeks and culminates with Tisha B’Av. This year, it began with full intensity ten months ago ...

(RNS) — The day marking the destruction of the first and second temples in ancient Jerusalem is traditionally observed by fasting, mourning and lamentation. But this year on Tisha B’Av, which begins ...

But I’d like to suggest another explanation. One phrase in Vehi No’am says that “Hashem will send His angels to protect you.” This is referring to the weekday angels that join us at the conclusion of ...

This weekend, Jews around the world will mark Tisha B’Av, the annual day of mourning for the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem and other catastrophes in Jewish history. Tradition teaches that ...

On the Jewish fast day of Tisha B’Av, which mourns the destruction of the First and Second Temples, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir ascended the Temple Mount, joining thousands of Jewish ...