The Ninth of Av

After the First Temple was destroyed, the Prophets instituted fasts marking the tragic events surrounding the Destruction and the ensuing exile of the Jewish People.

What are the special laws of Tisha B'av?

On Tisha B'Av, The Yeshiva Website has entered an unprecedented number of surfers. Would you like to read the exact numbers?

Scenes of Tisha B'av at Bet El Institutions

A shiur by Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed discussing the importance of the Holy Temple.

What are the halachot when Tisha B'Av falls on Motzaei Shabbat?

While we all mourn the destruction of the Temple, it is this very mourning which obligates us to do everything in our power to hearken the redemption