Tag: Destruction and Rebuilding

Tishah B'av reminds us to "be active, even proactive," to ensure the walls of our lives stand firm, just as our ancestors did.

Rabbi Dr. J.B. Sacks July 25, 2023 Holidays Tisha B’Av

This week's haftarah compares the birthing of Israel in the generations recorded in the Torah with similar experiences in the haftarah.

Our haftarah this week tells the brutal story of powerful vows and human sacrifices and all of the complications that go with it.

Jeremiah tends to find himself left speechless as he is our prophet through the destruction of Judah, Jerusalem, and the First Temple.

Parshat Emor describes the Omer offering must be brought on the “day after the Sabbath," the second day of the Passover holiday.

Our haftarah starts bold and bloody, and connects the destruction in Amos to the destruction in the story of Noah and the flood.

This week's Haftarah, Isaiah, focuses on the promised destruction and regeneration. Shel Silverstein's "The Giving Tree" depicts that.

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