Category: Reflections on Tisha B’av

Ongoing memory and grief help us heal. In acknowledging Jewish trauma, and learning the Tishah B'Av chronicle, we can learn to do just that.

Rabbi Dr. J.B. Sacks August 9, 2024 Holidays Reflections on Tisha B'av

Can we do work and labor on Tisha B'av? What role do our emotions play in that? The Medieval posek Terumat HaDeshen has an answer.

Rabbi Aaron Alexander July 31, 2024 Fasting on Tisha B'av Halakhah

Tisha B'Av at camp is unlike anywhere else in the Jewish world. So why does Tisha B'Av get so much play at camp?

Sara Beth Berman (she/her) July 26, 2024 Holidays Observing Tisha B'av

Rabbi Abramowitz z''l: "...Tish'a be-Av amid the ruins of the Roman Empire [was] fraught with inner meaning and significance...in 1948"

Rabbi Meyer Abramowitz z''l June 30, 2024 CJ Journal - 1945-1959 Conservative Judaism Journal

This an exploration of my "temple envy" through the emotions of grief, wonder, and desire for Jewish unity during a recent vacation to Nikko.

Rabbi Alex Hamilton May 22, 2024 Every Day Holidays

A rabbi, familiar with leading others through the process of mourning, goes through the same. Rabbi David Baum remembers his mother.

Rabbi David Baum August 25, 2023 Death and Dying Holidays

Explore these ten responses that the Book of Lamentations presents to deal with tragedy and grief. View Tishah B'av through these responses.

Rabbi Dr. J.B. Sacks July 25, 2023 Holidays Reflections on Tisha B'av

Why is this time, surrounding Tisha B'Av, so important to the modern-day fight against antisemitism, and other forms of hatred and bigotry?

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