Churban
There have been countless artistic representations of the Beit Hamikdash in the nearly 2,000 years since its destruction. Which one…
Remembering the Holocaust
In Morocco we didn’t eat meat the entire Nine Days [similar to the Ashkenazic minhag and unlike other Sephardim], although…
Like many contemporary Jews, I approach Tishah B’Av with difficulty. Not because of the myriad restrictions in the Three Weeks,…
Misconception: God’s choice of Mount Moriah as the site for the Beit Hamikdash is based on a midrash involving two…
Tears do not come easily on Tishah B'Av to all of us. Why?
What really caused the destruction of the Second Beit Hamikdash?
My birthday is on Purim. But my destiny seems to be linked with Tishah B’Av. For more than twenty years…