Category: Tisha B’av

Watch the 2024 Tisha B’av Video with Rabbi YY Jacobson

Posted on By parsha

Rabbi YY (Yosef Yitzchak) Jacobson is one of the most popular speakers in the Jewish world today, lecturing to Jewish and non-Jewish audiences around the globe, and serving as a teacher and mentor to thousands. In this Tisha B’av clip, Aryeh and Rabbi YY discussed how to be happy in dark times and emotionally and…

Read More “Watch the 2024 Tisha B’av Video with Rabbi YY Jacobson” »

Jewish n' Joyful, Tisha B'av

Parshas Devarim – Tisha B’av: The King and the Suit

Posted on By parsha

Parshas Devarim is read on the Shabbos before Tishah B’Av, known as Shabbos Chazon, because its haftorah (Yeshayahu 1:1-1:27) begins with the words, “Chazon Yeshayahu — The vision of Yeshayahu.” On Shabbos Chazon, we contemplate the meaning of Tishah B’Av, the Ninth of Av. Rav Yechiel Spero shlita writes:  Rav Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev has…

Read More “Parshas Devarim – Tisha B’av: The King and the Suit” »

Sefer Devorim, Tisha B'av, Yomim Tovim