Churban

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What Did the Beit Hamikdash Look Like?

There have been countless artistic representations of the Beit Hamikdash in the nearly 2,000 years since its destruction. Which one…

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On Seeing the Display of Victims’ Suitcases at the Auschwitz Museum 

Remembering the Holocaust

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Sephardic Kinot: Exploring Moroccan Tradition

In Morocco we didn’t eat meat the entire Nine Days [similar to the Ashkenazic minhag and unlike other Sephardim], although…

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Making Tishah B’Av Personal

Like many contemporary Jews, I approach Tishah B’Av with difficulty. Not because of the myriad restrictions in the Three Weeks,…

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What’s the Truth about . . . the Legend of Two Brothers and the Temple Mount?

Misconception: God’s choice of Mount Moriah as the site for the Beit Hamikdash is based on a midrash involving two…

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Do We Still Mourn the Churban?

Tears do not come easily on Tishah B'Av to all of us. Why?

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What’s the Truth about . . . the Cause of the Destruction of the Beit Hamikdash?

What really caused the destruction of the Second Beit Hamikdash?

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Kinot: The Language of Loss

My birthday is on Purim. But my destiny seems to be linked with Tishah B’Av. For more than twenty years…