Tisha-bav

In Av — the month whose very name means Father — we discover that honoring our imperfect parents carries a promise deeper than long life: arukhah (healing), the slow closing of the wounds we all carry, and a softening of how easily the word Avinu, our Father, forms in our mouths. Read More

The Temple fell to baseless hatred, yet God placed the yahrtzeit of Aharon — the great lover of peace — at the very threshold of Av, offering us both the wound and the remedy in the same breath. Read More

Eicha's ordered acrostic structure sets limits on grief without denying it — mirroring the truth that loss does not shrink but new life grows around it, and we can be whole again, even if never the same. Read More

Eicha has no dates because it belongs to every generation — and buried inside its darkest verses, where we least expect it, are the words we sing every morning: "Great is Your faithfulness, they are renewed each day." Read More

Faithfulness (ne'eman) bridges the six days between Tisha B'Av's mourning and Tu B'Av's joy, teaching us that when we build faithful homes we lay the groundwork for the city of justice and redemption the prophets envisioned. Read More