Category: tisha b’av
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Chief Rabbi Hertz on Antisemitism
While looking for reading material for Tisha B’Av I came across this sermon (or short booklet, depending on how you view things) from Chief Rabbi Hertz. It is dated “First Day of Sukkot” (though he calls it ‘Tabernacles’) “1922” and addresses the current increase in antisemitism. Any discussion of antisemitism today is in the context… Read more
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Death by Caffeine
Also posted on torahlab.org This Tisha B’Av was different for me than any other year. Sadder, more meaningful, and I managed to stay in Shul right through to the end of Kinot! And the reason? A caffeine pill!!! One little yellow pill, the equivalent of 4 cups of coffee, made all the difference. I didn’t… Read more
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Post Tisha B’Av Post
It is amazing how deprivation makes the desire grow stronger. For 24 hours, the whole of Tisha B’Av, we are not allowed to learn Torah, because it makes us happy. For 24 hours I sit and stare at all the seforim on the shelf and wish I was allowed to learn them. They look so… Read more
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Tisha B’Av song
To put you in the mood for Tisha B’Av (and while I was waiting for the scanner to scan) With thanks to Billy Joel: When we left Egypt, we were triumphantBut out of Israel, we were despondentWe’d got the lawOn Mount SinaiBut we were quick to give it up for sinning and lies We saw… Read more