All posts in: The-3-Weeks

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  The-3-Weeks

  3 years ago

  Fast of Tammuz – Redemption or Celebration

  The Fast of Tammuz Rabbi Daniel Leeman This year, the 17th of Tammuz falls on this coming Shabbat, and so the fast of the 17th of Tammuz is pushed off to Sunday. ..

  Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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  Devarim

  6 months ago

  Happy Sadness

  As we mourn for the loss of the Beit HaMikdash in the days leading up to Tisha B’Av, it seems strange to say that in a funny sort of way we should be happy that ..

  Written by Julian Alper
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  The-3-Weeks

  6 years ago

  Destiny

  Destiny By Rabbi Daniel Leeman During the three weeks we mourn over our exile and the destruction of the Temples. Ultimately though, we know that we will be redeemed ..

  Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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  Inspiration

  7 years ago

  Why was the Beis Hamikdash destroyed?

  Why was the Beis Hamikdash destroyed? Because there was baseless hatred… שנאת חינם :יומא דף ט Rabbi Moshe Greene, a rabbi in Yeshiva Sh’or ..

  Written by Rabbi Moshe Green
• The-3-Weeks

  7 years ago

  A difference between mourning and the 3 weeks (short vort)

  The 3 weeks gets a lot of halachos from the laws of mourning, eg buying new clothes, music. What’s the difference between ‘regular’ mourning for a deceased ..

  Written by d fine
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  The-3-Weeks

  7 years ago

  We ARE building the beis hamikdash!

  I heard the following ‘make-you-think-twice idea’ from Rav Osher Weiss… Both Rashi and Tosfos (sukka) say that the third beis hamikdash will come ..

  Written by d fine
• The-3-Weeks

  7 years ago

  The 3 weeks – Internalising Knowledge II

  This week marks the beginning of a 3 week period of mourning culminating in Tisha B’Av, the day when both Temples were destroyed. Our sadness over the loss of the Temple ..

  Written by Rabbi Andrew Savage
• The-3-Weeks

  7 years ago

  The 9 days; why no meat and wine?

  It is interesting that the thing we probably associate most with the nine days (the period from Rosh Chodesh Av until the end of Tisha B’Av, and normally until ..

  Written by d fine
• The-3-Weeks

  7 years ago

  CITES OF REFUGE

  You shall establish cities for yourselves, cities of refuge..[Bamidbar 35:11] It is well known that the Parshios of Pinchas, Matos, and Masei, are always read during ..

  Written by B ROSE
• The-3-Weeks

  7 years ago

  The Three Weeks

  We would love to read your vort. Click “Submit your Vort” to send us your vort.

  Written by Anonymous