The root cause of Tisha B’Av still haunts us today, and not just during the Three Weeks! Am Yisrael, individually and collectively, is going through tremendous suffering – why? And what can each of us do to end our suffering once and for all?
How is it possible to feel the loss of the Beit Hamikdash when we were never there? What impact will the Temple have on our lives? Read Rabbi Arush’s amazing answer!
The loss of the Holy Temple not only affects Jews. How can Bnei Noach "connect" to Tisha B'Av and the Beit HaMikdash?
Shabbat Chazon: Isaiah the Prophet told us that the root of all our problems is that we don’t pay attention to Hashem’s loving-kindness and thank Him. Even a simple toothpick can be a messenger of Hashem's loving kindness.
Living emuna demands that we change our vision and start believing that Hashem actively guides us from moment to moment in every aspect of our lives...
Hashem leads us down the path that we choose for ourselves. If we made more of an effort to discover the joy of Judaism, maybe we'd rejoice on Tisha B'av...
It is impossible to fathom the number of salvations that could be brought about for the Jewish people if we were to indeed respond ‘Amen, Yehei Shmei Rabba…
People dig up “dirt” about others to justify their own prejudices, preconceptions, and shortcomings...
With Tisha B'Av, don't ever lose hope; with emuna, your period of darkness will be followed by a wonderful illumination. The darkness actually leads to the light...
One's lack of concern for another human being's difficulty in life is liable to be a boomerang; the uncaring person might find himself in the same situation...
Things around us look really scary, but Moshiach doesn't necessarily have to come after a nightmarish push-button war; there's a better way to bring the Geula...
On Tisha B'Av, we cry because Hashem has no home, His presence (Shechinah) is in exile, and we are far away from Him - NOT because of our personal suffering.