...with children, who find ourselves experiencing Tisha B’Av while parenting on a long summer Sunday, it’s just not possible. But that does not mean ...
...Torah, Hilchot Matnot Aniyiim 9:12, drawing on rabbinic sources found at Tosefta Peah 4:9, Yerushalmi Bava Batra 1:4, 12d, and Bava Batra 8a). According ...
...in renowned scholarship and spiritual leadership. (Bava Metzia 84a) For all their closeness, these two rabbis’ relationship – and both their lives – ended ...
...of Av, the only prohibitions in effect are those that forbid eating and drinking. Yom Kippur is discussed above; Tishah Be’av (also spelled Tisha ...
...purchased item or commodity, at a certain point in negotiations one is considered morally, if not fully legally, committed to follow through. Indeed, the ...
...avoid hametz, the leavened form of five grains. Beginning this Saturday night, some people avoid the restrictions of the Nine Days leading up to ...
The Mishnah (Mishnah, Bava Metzia 4:10) defines the concept of ona’at d’varim, verbal fraud: “Just as the concept of ona’ah (“fraud”) can be applied ...
...wide range of objects, including wigs, baskets, ribbons, headbands, and something called a kippah (B. Bava Kamma 119a). Women, Headcovering, and Purity According to ...
...light, and from then on, gradually increases [one by one]. Talmud Bavli Shabbat 21b Elevating in Sanctity, Through Lighting Candles We are living in ...
...body” (habbalah) (Babylonian Talmud Bava Kama 90b). Wounding (e.g., surgery) is only permitted in order to heal. Therefore, since the fetus is considered part ...
...of the destroyer (see Isaiah 14:11)? In Isaiah 14:14, what does the term “Elyon” represent? According to Isaiah 14:22, is there any palliative for ...
...“prophetic sources” in these lands would be of what value? Would Jeremiah 27:11 indicate a positive posture towards Bavel? Is the advice, then, that ...
...the midpoint of the letters in a Torah scroll. The words: “Diligently inquired [darosh darash]” (Leviticus 10:16), are the midpoint of the words in a Torah scroll. (Steinsaltz Translation ...
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Search Results for: tisha bav The various Jewish holidays are a reminder of the endless cycle of moments. Moments to reflect, express gratitude, and ...
...status of the sh”tz is important. While on other communal fast days—such as Tisha B’av or Ta’anit Esther—the non-faster should not lead services, should ...
...be in Israel and conclude our Passover Seders with the words: “Next year in Jerusalem.” The summer holiday most well-known and observed among Jews ...
...As to Assyria, the major imperium, what is to become of it (Zephaniah 2:13)? How does Zephaniah 2:15, in some respects (especially its conclusion) ...
...do Lamentations 2:15-17 reinforce the earlier depiction of God as wrathful and punitive? What images support the view that Tisha B’Av should be a ...
...twelve halakhic daytime hours. Any half-day fasts or restrictions (like certain of the Tisha B’Av prohibitions) end at Hatzot. Bediavad, although it is not ...
...(Babylonian Talmud, Pesaḥim 114b; Shulḥan Arukh, Oraḥ Ḥaim 473:4). Eggs also traditionally evoke mourning (for example, we eat them before the fast of Tisha ...
