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Audio and Video on the Three Weeks and Tisha b'Av


The Holy Temple
The Holy Temple
A series of classes on the Holy Temple and its significance
For 830 years -- from 833 to 423 BCE and again from 349 BCE to 69 CE -- there stood an edifice upon a Jerusalem hilltop which served as the point of contact between heaven and earth.
Siege of Jerusalem
Siege of Jerusalem
The Romans lay siege to Jerusalem; the leading Sage is smuggled out to confront Vespasian, the Roman General. Learn the spiritual significance of these events according to the mystical teachings of the Maharal of Prague.
Discuss 1 Download Listen (49:41)
The 17th of Tammuz
The 17th of Tammuz
Many tragedies had befallen our people on the 17th of Tammuz and marks the beginning of the three week mourning period for the destruction of the Holy Temple and the subsequent exile.
Discuss 1 Download Listen (35:25)
The Lessons of Tisha B'Av
The Story and History of Tisha B'Av - Part 1
The Story and History of Tisha B'Av - Part 2
The Story and History of Tisha B'Av - Part 3
Halacha of The Three Weeks
17th of Tammuz and The 3 Weeks
Halacha - The 9 Days and Tishah B'Av
Halacha - The 9 Days and Tishah B'Av
Laws of the 9 Days and the Fast of Tisha B'Av.
Download Listen (42:38)
Understanding Tisha B’Av
Understanding Tisha B’Av
On Tisha B’Av we mourn the destruction of the Holy Temple; discover the positive within this mournful day.
Discuss 1 Download Listen (37:06)
Happiness & Grief
Happiness & Grief
The “Three Weeks of Mourning” with a Chassidic twist
What are the “Three Weeks”? How do Jews traditionally mark the Destruction of the Temple? Are joy and mourning contradictory? Apply the lessons of the Jewish calendar to your own, day-to-day perspectives.
Download Listen (30:09)
Rabbi Schapiro on the 17th of Tammuz
Rabbi Schapiro on the 17th of Tammuz
Three advanced classes that discuss the fast-day of the 17th of Tammuz.
Rabbi Schapiro on the 3 Weeks
Rabbi Schapiro on "the 3 Weeks"
Two advanced classes that discuss the mourning period known as “the three weeks”.
A Preferred Home
A Preferred Home
4 Menachem-Av, 5740 • July 17, 1980
During the three weeks between the 17th of Tammuz and the 9th of Av, we mourn the loss of both Holy Temples in Jerusalem. The Torah tells us, however, that when we study the laws of the Temple’s construction, we are already rebuilding it.
Discuss 1 Watch (7:23)
Above the Exile
Above the Exile
4 Menachem Av, 5740 · July 17, 1980
We recite in our prayers: “Because of our sins we have been exiled from our Land.” But through Teshuvah - return to G-d - we remedy the root-cause of exile, and bring it to an end.
Watch (7:14)
Torah Vigil for Israel
Torah Vigil for Israel
Torah classes from a day of learning
Study a variety of vibrant and topical subjects with scholarly teachers. These Torah classes are from a day of learning in Montreal, Canada dedicated to help bring peace to Israel on 8/3/2008.
Daily Siyum
"Nine Days" Daily Siyum
It is customary to participate in a "siyum" celebrating the completion of a section in Torah during the days that we mourn the Temple's destruction
The Destruction of the Holy Temple
The Destruction of the Holy Temple
Textual Study of Talmud (Gittin 55b-57a)
The Talmud’s narrative of the unfortunate episodes that led to the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and our subsequent exile.
Discuss 2 Watch (1:18:54)
The Reading of Megilat Eichah
The Reading of Megilat Eichah
The Book of Lamentations
The reading of Eichah in the tune it is traditionally chanted on Tishah B’Av.
Download Listen (29:23)

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