Linking Ancient Grief and Today's Urgency on Tisha B'Av
This Saturday night and Sunday mark Tisha B’Av (the 9th day of the month of Av). Tisha B’Av commemorates not only the destruction of both the first and second Temples, but also many other tragedies in our people’s history. The power of Tisha B’Av is that it encourages us to make communal space to feel our grief. The customary mourning rituals that include fasting and reciting kinot/lamentations are there to support the experience of opening our hearts to actually feel the enormity of grief and l
