Ohr Somayach - Holidays / Tisha B'av

The Three Weeks begin on the 17th of Tammuz,
which begins on the evening of Wednesday July 8, 2009.
The Nine Days begin on the
evening of Tuesday July 21, 2009.
Tisha B'Av begins on the
evening of Wednesday July 29, 2009.

Featured Articles:
Lest We Forget
What do we get from Tisha B'Av

Yanina
No denying The Holocaust

Mourning on the Mount

Audio Shiurim from audio.ohr.edu

Mourning

The ABC of Evil

Lest We Forget
What do we get from Tisha B'Av?
Yanina
No Denying The Holocaust
History of Events on Tisha B'Av
A brief listing of infamous events that took place on Tisha B'Av throughout history.
Building with Tears
The need to feel the loss of the Temple
A Vanished World
"Where Was God?" How the existance of Good & Evil demonstrate God's unity
Why Cry? - a Tale of Two Cities
Today, why do we mourn for Jerusalem?
Av, The Month of Tragedies

The Creative Eye
The Spies' Mistake
The Burning

Cry Me A River

Simcha's Torah Stories
Mourning the Beis Hamikdash
Fast of Tammuz Audio Message

Tisha B'Av Audio Message

Law & Ritual

Laws of the Three Weeks
Based on "A Summary of Halachos of the Three Weeks" by Rabbi Shimon D. Eider
The Laws of the Nine Days

The Laws of Tisha B'Av

Travelling on Tisha B'Av

Mourning on the Mount

Poetry & Riddles

Tisha B'Av Riddle

The Wall

The House of Rachel

Imma Rachel Weep

When Will You Call?

The Siege

Standing in Silence

Talmudic Insights

And Rabbi Akiva Laughed....

Sinas Chinom
"Free Hatred"
Eyes of the Lone Owl
Metaphor for Exile
Video Seminar