10:25

3 Weeks/Tisha B’Av

Siyum Tractate Makkos

There is a custom to conclude the study of a Talmudic tractate throughout the Nine Days of mourning for the Destruction of the Temple. Tractate …

17:31

3 Weeks/Tisha B’Av

Siyum Tractate Horiyos

A siyum in honor of 15 Av. Tractate Horyos, one of the shortest tractates in the Talmud, discusses the laws governing the various sacrifices brought by …

38:13

3 Weeks/Tisha B’Av

To Transform the Breaking of the Wall

The Babylonian Talmud says that the walls of Jerusalem were broken by the Babylonians on 9 Tammuz while the Jerusalem Talmud says it happened on …

28:29

3 Weeks/Tisha B’Av

This is Not Normal

Exile is not normal and Tisha B'Av, as we know it, is not a day we should ever become comfortable with. Rabbi Shais Taub speaks …