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On the Calendar
How to Observe Tisha B'Av
Why do we mourn on Tisha b'Av? A historical overview and a digest of the day's laws.
How to Observe the 9 Days
Heightened mourning, uplifting visions and rejoicing with mitzvot
Your Questions
Why Make a Siyum During the Nine Days?

Isn’t this counterintuitive? Shouldn’t we be sad during this time, not seeking out different ways to celebrate and rejoice?
Where Is G‑d?

How can G-d be in the Holy Temple, where do mitzvahs, where we learn Torah, everywhere, and nowhere all at once?
Essay
The Subterranean Temple
Had the Temple not been initially constructed with the knowledge of, and the provision for, what was to happen on the ninth of Av, no mortal could have moved a single stone from its place.
3 Lessons You Can Learn From My Stutter

You know what to say, your listener is waiting patiently, but you simply cannot … Get. The. Words. Out.
Parshah
On the Haftarah: The Vision of Isaiah

The question is: Who or what is Zion? And who are the captives?
Story
The Urchins' Revenge

They were burning with an urge for revenge. “Let us ambush the new rabbi at night and beat him to a pulp,” one suggested.
A Soul at Sinai: From a Life in Germany to a Life in Israel

When I joined my mother for the weekly visits to the church, I felt something wasn’t right.
Jewish News
Wilderness Rabbi Leads Teens From Rugged Yosemite Trails to Pacific High Seas

Helping high school boys grow physically, mentally and spiritually.
Knesset Speaker ‘Repays Debt’ to Soviet-Era Chassidic Outlaws

With an eye to the future, Yuli Edelstein relives his story of religious persecution in Russia.
Lifestyle
Deviled Eggs Three Ways

A groan which arises from physical misfortune, G-d forbid, is also a great teshuvah (repentance; return to G-d); how much more so then is a groan arising from spiritual distress...


— Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch (1834-1882)
Print Magazine

Anxieties, worries, feelings of inadequacy and failure—all these smother and cripple the soul from doing its job.

You need to find the appropriate time to deal with them. But don’t carry them around the whole day.

During the day, you are Adam and Eve before they tasted the fruit of good and evil.

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