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Today’s Ninth of Av
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

The Four Fasts of the Destruction
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.

Tisha B'Av on Motzaei Shabbat
What are the halachot when Tisha B'Av falls on Motzaei Shabbat?
Lessons on The Ninth of Av
"ISRAEL DEFENDS MANKIND"- P' Dvarim- Shabbat Chazon/Tish'a bAv
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.
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Av 5785
Tisha B'Av
Rabbi Zev Leff | 8 Menachem Av 5784
Ask the Rabbi: The Sick Fasting on Tisha B’av
Rabbi Daniel Mann | 3 Menachem Av 5784
What Are the Special Laws of Tisha B'av?
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Av 5783
Will The Temple Be Built This Year?
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?
Rabbi Haggai Lundin | Av 8 5782

Unleash the Torah's Shackles!
...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...
Rabbi Netanel Yossifun | Av 8 5782

9. Sexual Relations
Chapter 10: The Laws of Tisha Be-Av
The fifth way in which we afflict ourselves on Tisha Be-Av is by abstaining from sexual relations.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 21 5782













