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Ruvi New
Rabbi Ruvi New is spiritual leader of Chabad of East Boca, and a popular lecturer on Kabbalah and it's contemporay applications. He is also editor of Inside Out magazine. |
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Latest Comments:
Thank you for the shiur.
It was comforting to think that our (my husband, david and I) being the only 2 Jews we know of who are fasting in this city has a wider divine purpose.
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Dear Rabbi New:
Today is my English birthday, August 2, and I have just listened to your commentary on the meaning of Tisha b'Av. Never before have I thought of Tisha b'Av as a positve day. Especially since my Hebrew birthday is sheva b'Av, therefore, rendering celebration and partying out of order. Not that I am so young to miss the goodies. I'm middle aged and beyond the mentality of looking forward to getting older.
Nevertheless, your explanation of Tisha b'Av as a day on which we can understand the full context of Hashem's plan for the world, the coming of Moshiach, the rebuilding of the Temple for a third and final time, and the end of our exile, cannot but fill me with a sense of "happy birthday". The logical extention of the end of our exile and the fulfillment of our purpose as bringing light to the world is a most awesome birthday gift, for which I thank G-d. The circuitous and tragic route we have traveled in exile is not without meaning.
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I deeply enjoyed the lecture by Rabbi Ruvi New from Boca Raton.
It was not only enlightening, but the wisdom and beauty flowed with his thought. I came to learn more about the dynamics of Creation, the blend between G-d's mercy and judgement, the poingnant meaning of the destruction of the Temple and the four exhiles, as a Plan of God for mankind. I really trust and truly believe that Yerushalaim will be the heavenly city of G-d on earth and the culmination of G-d's glory and overcoming of all suffering and the fulfillment of Redemption. All the world should hear those words which come to scrutinize the paths and detours of mankind, which provide us with light and reflection on our own journey, as persons and societies, as individuals and groups... T'shuvah will only be possible, on a daily level, if a person is aware that his/her destiny is part of a higher plan, engraved in G-d's design. Shalom! God bless you!
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| The ninth of Av is marked as the day of greatest tragedy and mourning on the Jewish calendar, yet the prophet Jeremiah refers to it as a festive day; why?
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| Laws of the 9 Days and the Fast of Tisha B'Av.
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| On Tisha B’Av we mourn the destruction of the Holy Temple; discover the positive within this mournful day.
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| Many are intrigued by the mystery of the location of the Holy Ark. Don’t just rely on Hollywood; discover what the Torah has to say about this.
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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.
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| 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.
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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.
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| 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.
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