View Article  The Three Weeks: An Overview
There are a series of four fast days that commemorate the destruction of the holy Temple. The first one falls on the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tevet. This fast begins at sunrise and ends at nightfall.   more »
View Article  Devarim: Whom Do You Love?
How can we recapture the sacred passion that our ancestors experienced in the Temple while we are still in the diaspora?   more »
View Article  Vayeshev: Restoring The Neighborhood
The sins of selfishness are . . .   more »
View Article  Days of Mourning
The Hebrew word Chessed, kindness, has a numeric value of seventy-two. Kabbalah teaches that the last seventy-two days of the Hebrew calendar year are permeated with Chessed, divine benevolence. This period begins on the seventeenth day of the Hebrew month, Tamuz. This begs a question. How can a period of such suffering be simultaneously permeated with divine benevolence?   more »
View Article  Seventenn of Tamuz :Destruction and Hope
During the upcoming Hebrew month of Tamuz, Jews around the world will observe a three-week semi mourning period to commemorate the destruction of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem.   more »