Category: Tisha B’Av

Acknowledging Jewish Trauma: A Tishah B’Av Chronicle

Ongoing memory and grief help us heal. In acknowledging Jewish trauma, and learning the Tishah B'Av chronicle, we can learn to do just that.

Rabbi Dr. J.B. Sacks August 9, 2024 Holidays Reflections on Tisha B'av

All Flesh Is Grass: Shabbat Nachamu

Shabbat Nachamu reminds us to ask: how do we find comfort, and how do we comfort others? We can learn this from nature.

Rabbi Dr. J.B. Sacks August 8, 2024 Holidays Shabbat

Medieval Musings on the Emotional Content of a Fast

Can we do work and labor on Tisha B'av? What role do our emotions play in that? The Medieval posek Terumat HaDeshen has an answer.

Rabbi Aaron Alexander July 31, 2024 Fasting on Tisha B'av Halakhah

Why Does Tisha B’Av Get So Much Play at Camp?

Tisha B'Av at camp is unlike anywhere else in the Jewish world. So why does Tisha B'Av get so much play at camp?

Sara Beth Berman (she/her) July 26, 2024 Holidays Observing Tisha B'av

Tisha Be-Av In Rome, Under the Arch of Titus (1949)

Rabbi Abramowitz z''l: "...Tish'a be-Av amid the ruins of the Roman Empire [was] fraught with inner meaning and significance...in 1948"

Rabbi Meyer Abramowitz z''l June 30, 2024 CJ Journal - 1945-1959 Conservative Judaism Journal

Temple Envy

This an exploration of my "temple envy" through the emotions of grief, wonder, and desire for Jewish unity during a recent vacation to Nikko.

Rabbi Alex Hamilton May 22, 2024 Every Day Holidays

Mourning: A Rabbi’s Own Perspective

A rabbi, familiar with leading others through the process of mourning, goes through the same. Rabbi David Baum remembers his mother.

Rabbi David Baum August 25, 2023 Death and Dying Holidays

The Book of Lamentations: Ten Responses to Tragedy & Grief

Explore these ten responses that the Book of Lamentations presents to deal with tragedy and grief. View Tishah B'av through these responses.

Rabbi Dr. J.B. Sacks July 25, 2023 Holidays Reflections on Tisha B'av

Ensuring the Wall Stands Firm

Tishah B'av reminds us to "be active, even proactive," to ensure the walls of our lives stand firm, just as our ancestors did.

Rabbi Dr. J.B. Sacks July 25, 2023 Holidays Tisha B’Av

Fasting While Ill

It is considered forbidden to fast on fast days if injurious to one’s health, for the sake of performing positive commandments.

Rabbi Carl Astor, The Observant Life (Book) May 10, 2023 Fasting on Tisha B'av Health

What If I Can’t (or Don’t Want to) Fast on Tisha B’Av?

Rabbi Ilana Garber offers us her nine ways to make the 9th day of Av meaningful that do not involve fasting.

Rabbi Ilana C. Garber August 1, 2022 Fasting on Tisha B'av Tisha B’Av

Luaḥ for Tish’ah Be’av 5782/2022

Luaḥ information for the observance of erev Tish’ah Be’av and the following day generously provided by Rabbi Miles Cohen.

Rabbi Miles B. Cohen, Leslie Rubin July 28, 2022 Luaḥ (Luach) Tisha B’Av

Tisha B’Av and Our Present-Day Fight Against Hate

Why is this time, surrounding Tisha B'Av, so important to the modern-day fight against antisemitism, and other forms of hatred and bigotry?

Meredith R. Weisel, ADL Washington, D.C. Regional Director July 14, 2022 Holidays Reflections on Tisha B'av

What are the Jewish Fast Days? What do we do?

There are three kinds of fasts in Judaism rooted in history and spiritual practice with changes to prayer services.

Rabbi Alan Lucas, The Observant Life (Book) June 21, 2022 Fasting on Tisha B'av Holidays

What is Tishah Be’av and how is it observed?

Tishah Be’av is the saddest day of the Jewish year. We fast, read the Book of Lamentations, and reflect on history.

The Observant Life (Book), Rabbi Alan Lucas June 20, 2022 Holidays Tisha B’Av