Sunday
Jul182021
MAKING IT REAL
July 18, 2021Before the Messianic Era, there is a resurgence of prophecy. * Being authentic and real is the consolation for exile and the gateway to geula.
Entries in 9 Av (9)
Thursday
Aug082019
Maturity: 9 Points to Ponder for Tisha B’Av
How should I feel on Tisha B’Av? Sad? Happy? Both?
Sunday
Jul262015
Mistaking the darkness for light
“Happy birthday to Zalmy, happy birthday to you … ” The sounds of singing could be heard from the living room of the Abramowitz family that was celebrating the ninth birthday of their youngest child.
Tuesday
Jul292014
WHAT DOES TISHA B’AV MEAN TO YOU?
A point from the weekly D’var Malchus with a relevant message to our lives.
Thursday
Jul112013
WHEN JEWS WILL DANCE IN THE STREETS
A compilation of stories on the topics of Galus and Geula, from the book “U’Meivi Goel.” * Presented for 9 Av, at which time the Sages say that Moshiach was born.
Friday
Jul272012
20/20 VISION
“But what did you see?” “Why, the Holy Temple, of course. You told me that G-d shows every Jew a vision of the Third Temple! Didn’t you see it, too?”
Friday
Jul272012
STOP CIRCLING THE MOUNTAIN!
As we approach the Messianic Age, the Torah exhorts us to cease struggling with evil in the conventional way of trying to contain it. Stop circling the enemy. It is now high time for us to go north.
Friday
Jul272012
WHERE IS HE ALREADY?!
The Alter Rebbe and Rabbi Shlomo of Karlin met a Chassid lying in the forest on Tisha B’Av … * The people who complained to the Tzemach Tzedek about the Poilish Chassidim who sang a niggun on Tisha B’Av. * Why did the Baal Shem Tov’s brother-in-law faint near the Kosel? * Tzaddikim ask Hashem to take the “holiday” of Tisha B’Av away from His children since they don’t deserve it. * The tzaddik who put his Kinos in sheimos every year certain that Moshiach would come before the next Tisha B’Av. * How will Eicha be recited in Yemos HaMoshiach? * A compilation of stories about Tisha B’Av.
Friday
Jul272012
THE ONLY STORY IN SEIFER HA’MINHAGIM
What is it about this particular tale that gave it the distinction of being the one and only story to be included in Seifer HaMinhagim? * When I once shared this question with a friend, he suggested that this story was included because of the great importance of distancing sadness. This answer, however, didn’t satisfy me…