Audio Roundup Special: Tisha B’Av
by Joel Rich
e-TiM: Tisha B’Av Programming 5786
https://torahinmotion.org/classes/facing-our-communal-failures-the-imperative-of-tisha-bav
Dr. Shani Bechhofer- Facing our Communal Failures: The Imperative of Tisha B’Av
We need to work on perfecting society and using the group effect for positive rather than negative peer pressure.
Rabbi Kenneth Brander-Between Tears and Stones: Rabbi Soloveitchik, the Kinot, and the Archaeology of the Churban
Tisha B’av morning represents brokenness, the afternoon represents fixing it together. Specific lessons from the Kinot.
Rabbi Yuval Cherlow-Should I Weep in the Fifth Month? The Relevance of Zechariah’s Prophecy
Analysis of Zecharya’s response as to whether to fast when rebuilding the Bet Mikdash. His response includes what HKB”H will do (rebuild), but also what we must fix which brought destruction (lack of truth, justice and peace). Fast days are an opportunity to think about the future and bringing on the end of history (redemption).
https://torahinmotion.org/classes/from-moriah-to-mourning-reading-tisha-bavs-biblical-texts
Dr. Rebecca Winter Gottlieb– From Moriah to Mourning: Reading Tisha B’Av’s Biblical Texts
Why does the Cohen Gadol read Iyov on Yom Kippur (and we read it on Tisha B’av)? How does Iyov parallel Avraham and how does he contrast? The Yom Kippur theme is submission, Tisha B’av is about anger. How does our relationship with HKB”H survive suffering and/or sin?
https://torahinmotion.org/classes/five-jews-and-five-opinions-responding-to-job
Rabbi Dr. Jacob Jaffe- Five Jews and Five Opinions: Responding to Job
Iyov’s “friends” (Elifaz, Bildad, Tzofar) all told him he was punished for being a sinner (rasha). Iyov responded to them, “I’m not guilty.” Elihu says HKB”H is just, but Iyov must’ve sinned in the past; he’s not a rasha, and he is being “fixed” for olam haba. Iyov wasn’t Jewish; our response would’ve been different.
https://torahinmotion.org/classes/i-know-why-the-lonely-bird-weeps-from-eicha-to-eicha-rabba
Ilana Kurshan- I Know Why the Lonely Bird Weeps: From Eicha to Eicha Rabba
HKB”H was the perpetrator of the Churban but also a weeping witness. HKB”H was like a parent who hurts him and he suffers with us.
https://torahinmotion.org/classes/when-truth-destroyed-the-temple
Rabbi Doron Perez- When Truth Destroyed the Temple
What is sinat chinam and how could lomdei torah be guilty of it? R Perez believes sinat chinam occurs when people can not differentiate between the person and the opinion. Pshara and lfnim mshurat hadin are about the relationship not about being right. The implications for the current situation in Israel are obvious.
Rabbi Benjamin Samuels- Halakhah in Mourning: A Rabbinic Responsum on Jewish Doctors and Nazi Sterilization
A tshuva written partially in German and partially in hebrew giving guidance as to how to deal with Nazi genetic laws (eg sterilization), demonstrated spiritual resistance to a flawed system of ethics.