Shabbat Nachamu Concert! Shabbat Nachamu Getaway! Tu B’av Shidduch Program! The advertisements grab our attention from all directions, but the stark question remains. Is this what Shabbat Nachamu is ...

Tu B’Av (the 15th of the Hebrew month of Av) is the Jewish holiday of love. Ancient in origin and deeply tied to the land of Israel, Tu B’Av was once a day of matchmaking and joyous dancing in the ...

Tisha B’Av is not a holiday I grew up with, and not one that makes much sense to me. I have mixed feelings about mourning the destruction of the First and Second Temples in ancient Jerusalem, and no ...

On the 15th of Av, only six days after the saddest day of the year, Tisha b’Av, we celebrate our resilience and our ability to recover from all tragedies which have befallen us. Tu b’Av is a ...

Tisha b’Av is not about mourning, although there is much to mourn, but about becoming refugees. Tisha b’Av is not primarily about the end of sacrifices or the Temple — Chaza”l, the rabbis, figured out ...