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"ISRAEL DEFENDS MANKIND"- P' Dvarim- Shabbat Chazon/Tish'a bAv

Rabbi Ari Shvat

Rabbi Ari Shvat
Summery:
his week's parsha as well as Megillat Eicha suggest an innovative answer to the age-old question: "Does the leader make anti-Semitism or does anti-Semitism make the leader?", which we ponder on Tisha bAv. Understanding Galut (exile) can precisely help us understand the bizarre coalitions of anti-Semites we see today in the streets and universities of France, England and New York. To realize the historic & international mission of Israel to defend mankind by fighting immorality and those who oppose the traditional family, religion and nationalism, represented by the Jewish-Zionist State who leads (and even doubles!) the western birthrate. Even though we still lack the Beit HaMikdash, thank G-d we are no longer in Galut, and lead the defense for morality and tradition, and fight the wars of Hashem.
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Tisha B'Av

Rabbi Zev Leff

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

Rabbi Daniel Mann

Rabbi Daniel Mann
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What Are the Special Laws of Tisha B'av?

Rabbi Stewart Weiss

Rabbi Stewart Weiss
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Will The Temple Be Built This Year?

Rabbi Haggai Lundin

Rabbi Haggai Lundin
Summery:
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?
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Unleash the Torah's Shackles!

Rabbi Netanel Yossifun

Rabbi Netanel Yossifun
Summery:
...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...
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9. Sexual Relations

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Summery:
The fifth way in which we afflict ourselves on Tisha Be-Av is by abstaining from sexual relations.
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8. Wearing Shoes

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Summery:
One may not wear high-quality shoes on Tisha Be-Av. There is a dispute among the poskim about the status of non-leather shoes.
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7. Anointing Oneself, Fragrances, and Smoking

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Summery:
One may not apply oil or ointment on Tisha Be-Av even to a small area of the body. One may not smell perfumes or other fragrances on Tisha Be-Av.
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6. Washing for the Sake of a Mitzva

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Summery:
One may wash one’s hands for the sake of a mitzva because such washing is not for the purpose of gaining pleasure.
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4. Pregnant and Nursing Women

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Summery:
sick people are exempt from fasting on Tisha Be-Av, while pregnant and nursing women – despite the aches and pains that they experience – are not considered sick.
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5. Washing

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Summery:
Any form of pleasurable washing is prohibited on Tisha Be-Av, whether the water is hot or cold. One may not even wash a small part of his body.
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3. The Prohibition of Eating and the Status of Sick People and Postpartum Women

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Summery:
Sick people are exempt from fasting on Tisha Be-Av. A woman within thirty days of childbirth is considered sick.Those who are exempt from fasting should take care to eat only simple foods that they need for their health.
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2. General Rules of the Fasts

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Summery:
There are few halakhic differences between Tisha Be-Av and the minor fasts. In general, the fast of Tisha Be-Av is equivalent to the fast of Yom Kippur.
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1. Instituting the Fast of Tisha Be-Av

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Summery:
), The prophets instituted four fasts after the destruction of the First Temple, the gravest of which is Tisha Be-Av, the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av, the day that the Temple was destroyed
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4. Tisha Be-Av

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Summery:
The Sages state in the Mishna: Five tragic events befell our forefathers on the ninth of Av
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The loss of the world as we knew it

Rabbi Yonatan Kirsch

Rabbi Yonatan Kirsch
Summery:
When the Holy Temple was destroyed, the loss was of a whole way of life.
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Tisha B'Av Today

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu
Summery:
A survey recently published reveals that a third of American Jewry has completely disconnected from the Jewish people. Another weighty survey reveals that a quarter of American Jews have become addicted to the anti-Semitic belief that Israel commits genocide against Palestinians, just as the Germans did to the Jewish people during the Holocaust.
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What do we mourn during this time of Redemption?

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu
Summery:
When half of the People of Israel reside in the Land of Israel, Jerusalem is continually being built, the birth-rate increases, our enemies destroy themselves, the Land gives of her fruit luxuriously, and anti-Semitism becomes less frequent, it is incumbent on us to define for ourselves what we mourn on the 9th of Av, and what we lament during the weeks of "between the straits".
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Why is Tisha B'Av Called a Festival?

Rabbi Moshe Pinchas Lipshits

Rabbi Moshe Pinchas Lipshits
Summery:
Just before the somewhat sorrowful Tachanun prayer in our prayerbooks appears a small notation saying that we are not to say it on Tisha B'Av – because this day is a mo'ed, a festive day. How can it be that a day commemorating such a grave national calamity as the destruction of the Holy Temples and the exile of the nation could actually be considered, in any way, a festival?
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