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Tag: Tisha B'av
Mourning: A Rabbi’s Own Perspective
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
The Book of Lamentations: Ten Responses to Tragedy & Grief
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
Tisha B’Av
Ensuring the Wall Stands Firm
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
The Big Bad Wolf
Our haftarah, is the final of the seven haftarot of consolation. Humans question God, just as Red Riding Hood questions the Big Bad Wolf.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 9, 2023
Parashat Nitzavim
Parashat Nitzavim Haftarah
Broken Trust
This week’s haftarah, the fifth of the seven readings of consolation between Tisha B’Av and Rosh HaShana, talks about broken trust.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 8, 2023
Parashat Ki Teitzei
Parashat Ki Teitzei Haftarah
Alone or Lonely?
This Shabbat is Shabbat Nachamu, the Shabbat of Comforting, so we explore if what it means to be alone or lonely.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 5, 2023
Paarashat Va'etchanan Haftarah
Parashat Va'etchanan
Study Guide: Danger of Complacency
This week's study guide explores the danger of complacency in relation to our parashah, using commentary by Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 5, 2023
Parashat Va'etchanan
Parashat Va'etchanan Study Guide
On Dialogue
This week’s haftarah is the final haftarah of the Three Weeks before Tisha b’Av and presents a parallel on dialogue between Isaiah and Eicha.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 5, 2023
Parashat Devarim
Parashat Devarim Haftarah
Study Guide: Ejection Born from Rejection
The study guide for parashat Devarim looks at the story of the twelve spies, in the books of Devarim and Numbers, and connects a midrash.
Vered Hollander-Goldfarb
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
June 5, 2023
Parashat Devarim
Parashat Devarim Study Guide
The Boiling Point
In these weeks leading up to Tisha B’av, we read a passage of Jeremiah, overflowing with water imagery and see the boiling point.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
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Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 30, 2023
Parashat Masei
Parashat Masei Haftarah
Building Walls
This week's haftarah marks the three weeks leading up to Tisha B'av and uses Jeremiah's words to do so, when Israelites are building walls.
Bex Stern Rosenblatt
,
Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center — Conservative Yeshiva
May 29, 2023
Parashat Pinchas
Parashat Pinchas Haftarah
What If I Can’t (or Don’t Want to) Fast on Tisha B’Av?
Rabbi Ilana Garber offers us her nine ways to make the 9th day of Av meaningful that do not involve fasting.
Rabbi Ilana C. Garber
August 1, 2022
Tisha B’Av
Luaḥ for Tish’ah Be’av 5782/2022
Luaḥ information for the observance of erev Tish’ah Be’av and the following day generously provided by Rabbi Miles Cohen.
Rabbi Miles B. Cohen
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Leslie Rubin
July 28, 2022
Luaḥ (Luach)
Tisha B’Av
Tisha B’Av and Our Present-Day Fight Against Hate
Why is this time, surrounding Tisha B'Av, so important to the modern-day fight against antisemitism, and other forms of hatred and bigotry?
Meredith R. Weisel, ADL Washington, D.C. Regional Director
July 14, 2022
Holidays
Tisha B’Av
What are the Jewish Fast Days? What do we do?
There are three kinds of fasts in Judaism rooted in history and spiritual practice with changes to prayer services.
Rabbi Alan Lucas
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The Observant Life (Book)
June 21, 2022
Holidays
Tisha B’Av
What is Tishah Be’av and how is it observed?
Tishah Be’av is the saddest day of the Jewish year. We fast, read the Book of Lamentations, and reflect on history.
The Observant Life (Book)
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Rabbi Alan Lucas
June 20, 2022
Holidays
Tisha B’Av