Tisha b’Av 5778 – Fasting and Brokenness
As I write this, Tisha b’Av has just started here in Denver, Colorado where I’m hanging out at the moment.
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Tisha b’Av
Devarim 5776 – Tisha b’Av and Geopolitics
On this day, 2,602 years ago, the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed for the first time. On this day, 1,946
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Tisha b’Av 5775 – Feast or Fast?
Every year on Tisha b’Av I struggle with a sense of cognitive dissonance between the traditional liturgy and the reality
Read moreTisha b’Av 5774 — Why I’m Fasting Today
Today is Tisha b’Av, the 9th day of the Jewish month of Av, the saddest day on the Jewish calendar.
Read moreTisha b’Av 5773
Planning a family vacation that over Tisha b’Av is perhaps not the most felicitous planning. But various other commitments led
Read moreA prayer for Tisha b’Av
I can’t say the traditional prayers on Tisha b’Av. How can I say prayers that talk of “the city laid
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