All posts in: The-3-Weeks

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  7 years ago

  An untrue true vort for the musical

        An interesting idea: It’s interesting to note that the niggun for eicha and the niggun for simchas torah (kohanecha yilbeshu tzedek…) ..

  Written by d fine
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• The-3-Weeks

  7 years ago

  self destruction

  The three weeks are known by the term bein hametzarim. This comes from the root tzar, meaning narrow; tzarah means captivity (one is constrained). Unlike the ‘regular’ ..

  Written by d fine
• The-3-Weeks

  7 years ago

  Hashem is with us in Golus – proof!

  When we enter the 9 Days in particular, we can feel that Hashem is not with us and that He has abandoned us due to our sins, and that we are suffering all alone. ..

  Written by Moshe Kormornick
• 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
• The-3-Weeks

  7 years ago

  Fast Days

  The Mishna Brura in Hilchos Tisha B’Av brings a powerful hint as to what we should be doing on a fast day. It brings the Posuk within the story of Yonah – ..

  Written by Moshe Kormornick