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Tisha B'Av 5766: Learning to Build While the Bombs Fall

Some years, like this one, we do not have to be reminded to mourn. With our outside enemies openly trying to wreak another churban upon us, we find it natural to seize the tools of our forefathers and cry out to Hashem for help.

Why Was the Land Lost?
A Compendium of Remarks from Maran HaRav Yosef Sholom Eliashiv shlita

Part II

This is a collection of various remarks by Maran HaRav Eliashiv about the Churban. Each stands on its own.

The Lessons Of Silence
A Talk Delivered by HaRav Yitzchok Hutner on Erev Tisha B'Av, 5739
Prepared from notes in Reshimos Lev by Reb Leibel Rutta

Shall I Fast?

"In the fourth year of King Darius . . . [the settlement in Bovel] sent . . . to ask Hashem . . . to say to the cohanim and the nevi'im . . . `Shall I weep in the fifth month and refrain [from food and drink] as I have been doing now for some years?' " (Zecharya 7:1-3).

The King's Legion is Counted Separately!
by HaRav Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman

It is very difficult to eulogize one who has passed away since it is impossible to evaluate his inner being and workings. But the little that we do know is very indicative and representative of the greatness of this deceased.

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