Tag: Tisha b'Av

With so much pain from this past year, the Nation of Israel has truly shown its light, strength and resilience. We pray that we will merit to greet Mashiach . . . very soon.

"Fasting during operational activity is prohibited; it is a life-threatening matter," says the Israeli Military Rabbinate.

Could Iran be making the same mistake that Haman did 2500 years ago?

The current war launched against Israel by Hamas terrorists in Gaza began when the most joyous holiday in Judaism, Simchat Torah, coincided with the Holy Sabbath.

The Jewish national period of mourning.

Upon his arrival, Chikli was ambushed by screaming, sign-waving anti-government anarchists.

What is Tisha b'Av? What are we mourning? 

On July 12, Friedman defended the government’s plans in a tweet responding to criticism from New York Congressmember Jerold Nadler.

The year 2005 was the first time I ever truly felt the pain of Tishabaav.

Hamas previously threatened to attack if Jews went up on Tisha B'Av.

Tisha B'Av Eichah reading at the Cotton Gate in Old City of Jerusalem.

First Temple remains discovered in the Givati parking lot.

Don’t just ask when the fast ends… ask when the exile ends.

Now, this is a fine issue over which Israel should go to another election: Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount.

Now the only thing missing are hundreds of thousands of Jews.

"You really have no shame, do you?"

Join us for our walk through the both destructions of Jerusalem in the City of David as we journey back in time to the fateful encounters with both the Babylonians and the Romans.

Tisha B'Av is only the first tense day on the Temple Mount this week.

On Av 10, 5765 the Ariel Sharon government uprooted thousands of Jews from the Gaza Strip.

Why was the Judean freedom movement vilified in rabbinic literature and in the writings of Josephus?

If you want to understand what steps you can take towards greater healing and reconciliation, if you want to understand the woman who is portrayed as the model of transformative action, watch this video and let it enter your heart.

Even those blessed souls who keep all the Tisha B'Av restrictions on 10 Tevet must take a nice shower this Friday in honor of Shabbat.

"We will soon be privileged to raise the House of Hashem and turn Tisha B'Av into a day of rejoicing."

The police also arrested several Muslims who reacted violently to the Jews’ visits at the holy site.

"Wherever Jews do not settle, others come and seize the land."

According to the heads of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox parties, the Israeli Health Ministry will announce the new directives by Wednesday.

The problem is that while it is important to make wise and responsible rulings on proper safety at the beach, it is equally important to read them.

A policeman in a nearby car saw the attack, exited his car and fired in the air, thus extracting the motorist from a potential lynching.

Many Druze Israelis who recognized the importance of donations for the needy bought food that was handed to the volunteers.

Condemnation poured in from across the Arab and Islamic world after violence erupted at the sensitive site during overlapping Muslim, Jewish holidays.