We saw last time how a mark was placed on the foreheads of different levels of people slated for tragedy due to the sins of some and the lack of protest of others. Now we will look at the significance of the word for this mark – “tav” – which is also the name of the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet.] What is unique about a tav? Tav [is used in] “tichyeh” (you shall live); tav [is used in] “tamut” (you shall die).
Did Jews fast over the destruction of the First Temple when the Second Temple stood? Must pregnant and nursing women abstain from eating and drinking on minor fasts? Rabbi Eliezer Melamed addresses these and other important questions.