INCREASING TIES
Podcast: J.J. Schacter on the First Tisha b’Av Since October 7: Tikvah podcast at Mosaic, Aug. 2, 2024 — On the 9th day of the Hebrew month of Av in the year 586 BCE, Nebuchadnezzar and his Babylonian forces destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem.
Original Tisha B’Av Documentary: Heroism and Faith amid the Tragedy of October 7th: The Times of Israel, Aug. 8, 2024 — The ninth day of the Jewish month of Av, known in Hebrew as Tisha B’Av, is the saddest day on the Jewish calendar. It is a day in which tragedy has struck the Jewish nation, and the world, over and over again. From the times of the Bible and the destruction of both Temples in Jerusalem to the beginning of WWI and the opening of the Treblinka gas chambers during WWII, the day commemorates some of the worst tragedies that humanity has ever experienced.
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Creating Freedom Without Anarchy, Order Without Tyranny: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, The Rabbi Sacks Legacy, July 28, 2014
The Link Between the JNF And Tisha B’Av And Other Miscellaneous Tisha B’Av Items: Saul J. Singer, Jewish Press, Aug. 7, 2024
For Further Reference:
A Tisha b’Av Lament for October 7th Rabbi Moshe Hauer, Orthodox Union –– Tisha b’Av is a day when we mourn the range of tragedies that have marked Jewish history, beginning with the destruction of both batei mikdash. Many of these calamities from throughout the ages are represented in the book of Tisha b’Av kinos that we read in our shuls. While we are generally extremely cautious about adding contemporary prayers, the kinos are an exception, such that most shuls include a kina commemorating the Holocaust.
How Do We Approach Tisha B’Av after October 7?: Rena Young, Times of Israel, Aug. 8, 2024 — As we approach the first Tisha B’Av after October 7, I find myself asking how I should approach Tisha B’Av this year. What does it mean to me now in what feels like a changed world?