עשרה בטבת, יהפח לשמחה, תשל"ט

1. In certain communities, the leaders of the congregation used to deliver a lecture after the Minchah prayers on fast days. The intention of the lecture was to motivate the listeners to do Teshuvah. Last year, I explained the importance of this custom an...

On the Tenth of Teves in the year 425 BCE, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, laid siege around the holy city of Jerusalem. The siege lasted over two years, eventually culminating in the breach of the city’s walls and the destruction of the Holy Temple with...