Tag Archives: Tishah B’Av

THE 21 DAYS. The fast of Tishah B’Av is the culmination of the Three Weeks, which are known as “Bein Ham’tzarim” – “Between the Straits”. This is based on a verse from Echah 1:3, “All her (Israel’s) pursuers caught her between the straits“. One view is that the verse is …

WHY BLAME OURSELVES? What strange people the sages were. Two Temples were laid waste, Jewish sovereignty was terminated, millennia of exile and persecution set in, and all that the sages could do was to blame the Jewish people for their own misfortunes. What did they say? “Umip’nei chatan’einu…” Jews fell …

Tishah B’Av features:  OUR NATIONAL YAHRZEIT. Fasting and praying on Tishah B’Av sounds like a good idea but only a minority take any note of the occasion. Most people are busy with their lives and aren’t interested in a historical commemoration. Surprising, since almost everyone observes their family Yahrzeits, and …