The Tenth Of Tevet

The question in the headline is not one that is simply "asked;" it is rather cried out in pain! Unlike many questions that do not have an intellectual answer – such as, "Where was G-d when a baby died yesterday? Where was He during a variety of catastrophes that have occurred throughout history, some even worse than the Holocaust?" – it is specifically the Shoah that continually ignites anew the "Where was G-d?" debate. Delving deeper, we note that the reason for this actually directs us towards a more profound issue. Our question is actually a cry of despair that the Shoah appears to justify. For the Holocaust did not sprout up in a vacuum

The translation of the Torah into Greek was mourned by the Rabbis. How, then, should we spread the light of Torah in the world?

The translation of the Torah into Greek was mourned by the Rabbis. How, then, should we spread the light of Torah in the world?

What is the fast about? The Prophets and Sages instituted it after the destruction of the First Holy Temple, for on this date the Babylonian King Nevuchadnetzar and his armies began a siege upon the holy city.

One day commemorates a variety of Jewish tragedies.

Rav Tzvi Yehuda Kook, saw the terrible destruction of the Shoah in the context of construction of the Redemption. While the Exile was being destroyed, the Nation of Israel is being built up in its homeland.

The destruction of the second Temple is considered more severe than that of the first. So why do we commemorate the Tenth of Tevet which relates to the First Temple?

I remember the trouble that happened to me, He smote me three times on this month... He hit me on the eighth...I was humiliated on the ninth... On the tenth day the siege was laid on Jerusalem