by Rabbi Avi Shafran | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
Tisha B’Av, the Jewish fast that commemorates the destruction of the Holy Temples in Jerusalem as well as other tragedies of Jewish history, will take on a special poignancy this year. For not only has the Temple not been rebuilt and does the Messiah still...
by Rabbi Yisrael Rutman | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
It was early on in the Al-Aksa Intifada, over a year and a half ago. I turned on Israel radio to hear the latest news on the crisis, and stumbled onto a call-in program. The host was taking calls from listeners giving their reactions and opinions as to what should be...
by Yosef Ben Shlomo Hakohen | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
Dear Friends, On the Fast of Tisha B’Av, we mourn the destruction of our Holy Temple, a destruction that led to our long and painful exile from the Land of Zion. During the 19th century and during the 20th century, there were Jews who argued that the fasting and...
by Rabbi Nosson Slifkin | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
This essay is adapted from Seasons of Life, available at www.targum.com/store/Slifkin.html I. From Fruit to Vegetable Tu BiShevat, the new year for trees, is a time of great festivity. We may wonder, though, why this should be so. We do not find such celebration on...
by Rabbi Barry Freundel | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
There is a hint in the Torah concerning the importance of the proper treatment of water resources in the imagery of the well, found in three of the stories of our patriarchs. Eliezer finds a wife for Isaac at a well. Jacob first meets the woman that he loves at the...
