Open for Tisha B'Av Info (Plus: Why Do Most Jews Not Wear Blue Tzitzit?)

[Chabad.org]( [View Online]( ב"ה [Chabad.org Magazine]( --------------------------------------------------------------- By the Numbers [10 Facts You Should Know About Kinot]( [10 Facts You Should Know About Kinot]( Kinot are Hebrew poetic compositions recited on the fast of Tisha B’Av, lamenting the destruction of the Holy Temples in Jerusalem. By Yehuda Altein [Read]( [10 Questions: Take the “Three Weeks” Quiz]( [10 Questions: Take the “Three Weeks” Quiz]( During this period we mourn the past and nurture hope for the future. By Menachem Posner [Read]( --------------------------------------------------------------- On the Calendar [Tonight Is the Fast of 9 Av]( [Tonight Is the Fast of 9 Av]( Why do we mourn on Tisha b'Av? A historical overview and a digest of the day's laws. [Read]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Your Questions [What Is Shabbat Nachamu?]( [What Is Shabbat Nachamu?]( A Shabbat of consolation after the mourning period of the "three weeks." By Shlomo Nudelman [Read]( [Why Do Most Jews Not Wear Blue Tzitzit?]( [Why Do Most Jews Not Wear Blue Tzitzit?]( A small (but growing) minority of Jewish men have begun affixing blue threads on their tzitzit. Should you? By Yehuda Shurpin [Read]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Letters of Light [What Can You Learn From the Letter Bet?]( [What Can You Learn From the Letter Bet?]( The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin [Read]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Ordinary People; Extraordinary Stories [I Was Abused as a Girl]( [I Was Abused as a Girl]( Bashie shares how she worked to overcome a host of mental health challenges and learned to thrive even as she discovered that she had been sexually abused as a young child. Bashie Naparstek with Chana Weisberg [Watch (51:36)]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Voices [Mourning What Is Missing]( [Mourning What Is Missing]( Understanding Tisha B'av By Elana Mizrahi [Read]( [Finding Faith Through Illness and Tragedy]( [Finding Faith Through Illness and Tragedy]( A painful struggle with illness was certainly not on Ester’s agenda. Neither was the almost unimaginable tragedy that followed in its wake. Why was G‑d giving her these tests? Where would she find the faith to withstand them? As told to Chaya Baumwolspiner [Read]( [The Anonymous Man's Last Act Before He Was Killed]( [The Anonymous Man's Last Act Before He Was Killed]( You won’t find much written about him anywhere. That’s who he was. A great man who walked among us, until, in one moment, he sanctified G-d’s name. By Shmuel Raskin [Read]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Parshah [Labor of Love]( [Labor of Love]( Life Lessons From the Parshah - Va’etchanan By Yehoshua B. Gordon [Read]( --------------------------------------------------------------- History [Archeological Echoes of David in Jerusalem]( [Archeological Echoes of David in Jerusalem]( Part 3 By Yehudis Litvak [Read]( --------------------------------------------------------------- The Freeman Files [Constructive Demolition]( [Constructive Demolition]( By Tzvi Freeman [Read]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Jewish News [Jewish Culture Festivals Unite Communities Across the U.S.]( [Jewish Culture Festivals Unite Communities Across the U.S.]( From live music to traditional cuisine, events showcase richness of Jewish life By Ellen Braunstein [Read]( [This Rabbi ‘Influenced Unbelievable Amounts of People’]( [This Rabbi ‘Influenced Unbelievable Amounts of People’]( Now, they named a synagogue after him By Avraham Denburg [Read]( --------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: {EMAIL} [Change email address]( · [Manage Subscriptions]( · [Unsubscribe]( [Contact Us]( · [Ask the Rabbi]( · [Privacy Policy]( · [Donate]( © Copyright [Chabad.org]( · 770 Eastern Parkway Suite 405 · Brooklyn, NY 11213