Before Mashiach Comes — Darkness Before Dawn
Continued. The beginning is here. If only we can survive chevlei Mashiach—the “birth pangs” before the coming of the Redemption. And they will not be only physical. The Talmud (at the end of tractate…
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The Fast of the 17th of Tammuz — A Brief Overview
“Whoever mourns (the destruction of) Jerusalem will merit seeing it in its joy.” Talmud (Taanit, 30b) The Fast of the 17th of Tammuz Our Sages instituted a fast on the 17th of Tammuz because five tra…
Before Mashiach Comes — What Are We Waiting For?
We are in the period of the year known as shloshet hashavuot, the Three Weeks. This is the time from the 17th of Tammuz until the 9th of Av. These are three weeks of mourning, with many restrictions…