It’s Been So Long – Can We Really Merit the Salvation? On Tisha B’Av, we mourn the destruction of the Beit Hamikdash (the Holy Temple), which was the cause of […]
Shabbat and Holidays
Understand the meaning and history behind Jewish fast days, including Tisha B’Av and the 17th of Tammuz.
The Last Place You Look “Why is it,” goes the old joke, “that when you’re looking for something, you always find it in the last place you look?” The answer, […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz Every year, during the “Three Weeks,” we mourn the destruction of the Beit Hamikdash, our Holy Temple. While I try to keep the […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz Have another question to ask a rabbi? You can ask Rabbi Mintz your own question at asktherabbi@oorah.org, or head to oorah.org/asktherabbi/ to watch the […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz This year, the fast of Asara B’Tevet (the Tenth of Tevet) is on Friday, and I’ve noticed that this is the only fast […]
We’ve all heard the expression, “When one door closes, another one opens.” Well, maybe not all of us, but it’s pretty wide-spread. The idea behind this is that we shouldn’t […]
Tish’ah B’av – The Powers of Yom Kippur Tish’ah B’av is the saddest day in the Jewish calendar on which we mourn the destruction of the Holy Temple. Yet, we […]
Every year on Tish’ah B’av, the day on which our Holy Temple was destroyed, we mourn the awful fate which has befallen our nation. Many of our woes can be […]
A short thought from Rabbi Chaim Mintz to add meaning to your fast.
