On Tisha B’Av, mourning incomparable loss, working on increased unity
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On Tisha B’Av, mourning incomparable loss, working on increased unity
The holiday marked by Jewish calamities associated with internecine strife is an annual reminder to move past the divisiveness of politics, enmity and isolation.
(July 14, 2021 / JNS) Why is Tisha B’Av the saddest day of the Jewish year?
Eerily, not only were both of the holy temples in Jerusalem destroyed on the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av (the first one, built by King Solomon, was demolished by the Babylonians in 586 BCE, and the second, a gift of King Herod, by the Romans in 70 C.E.), but a host of other tragic events also befell the Jewish people on that date.
The Leader As Teacher | The Jewish Press - JewishPress com | Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z l | 6 Av 5781 – July 14, 2021
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Lessons Of A Leader | The Jewish Press - JewishPress com | Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z l | 21 Tammuz 5781 – July 1, 2021
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