Tisha B'Av is a national mourning day, where we don't eat, drink, sleep on comfortable mattresses and we read lamentations, and are deeply saddened on that day. There are some who are not sad, but don't feel it so deeply. Why are there people that the ninth of Av is...
Rabbeinu Yona: Lessons from The Ten Generations from Adam until Noach
Introduction: What are the laws of Tisha B'Av? What are the customs when Tisha B'Av falls on a Sunday/Motzei Shabbat? The Main topic: What do the ten generations between Adam and Noach listed in the Torah, Parashat Bereishit, come to teach us? Rabbeinu Yona teaches us an essential lesson about...
The Sin of the Spies – A Key Historical Event in Jewish History
Parashat Shelach Lecha is focused around the story of the spies, the meraglim, which is one of the defining moments in Jewish history. The sin of the spies is not only a key historical event that influenced the fate of the generation that left Egypt. It's greater impact is determining the...