Rabbi Leo Dee and his daughters Keren and Tali and son Yehuda (now 19, 18 and 15 years old) dedicated a new social hall in their community of Efrat in Lucy’s memory.
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.
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It was exactly a year ago that Covid began to spread throughout Israel, forcing us into our homes, locking the door behind us. When we celebrated Purim last year, we understood that something was happening, but we could never have predicted the magnitude. We toned down our Purim celebrations a drop, asked our guests to apply hand sanitizer, and prayed for the best.