President Herzog:
'At this moment of pain - avoid violence and irreparable steps'
Ahead of Tisha B'Av, the president calls on the nation to show restraint and maintain the boundaries of debate.
Ahead of Tisha B'Av, the president calls on the nation to show restraint and maintain the boundaries of debate.
Can we posit the Problem of Good against the Problem of Evil, see the goodness in our universe, and accentuate the positive?
Restaurant owners cite both business and political reasons for defying the law against running a restaurant this evening.
As we prepare for Tisha B’av 5783, unfortunately there is no shortage of divisions among our people.
The battle over Israeli judicial reform can’t be settled by faux piety about unity. Politicized Tisha B’Av sermons won’t save Israel. Op-ed.
A message published in Jerusalem calls for protesters to occupy the Temple Mount to prevent Jewish visits during Tisha B'Av.
In advance of Tisha B’av, World Mizrachi has launched new videos in their free online video series entitled “Kinot on Location.”
When Moshe began to speak his own words to his beloved people for the first time, how did he begin?
Young Jewish men making their way towards the Western Wall are attacked by Arabs wielding brass knuckles and a rock.
The people of Israel are not afraid of the dawn; because light clarifies things. They seem alone, but G-d is with them.
Rabbi J.B. Soloveitchik stressed that the Holocaust should be remembered on Tisha B'Av. A letter to Ela Goldberg, ID Number 84803.
Watch: Jewish, Muslim worshippers shout clashing chants in Jerusalem's Old City.
Media personality Sivan Rahav Meir speaks with rabbis and educators in a special program with Camp Mesorah and World Mizrachi
Ben Shapiro recalls words of Prophet Jeremiah on the Jews' return upon seeing Jewish masses ascend Temple Mount on Tisha B'Av.
Archaeological evidence for location of Roman ballista and the intensity of the siege that led to the destruction of the Second Temple.
The 9th of Av is a day of historic tragedies, but no punishment from God is 100% bad. The 9th of Av is also the day when Zionism began.Op-ed
This year the fast is on Sunday although the 9th of Av is on Shabbat. Here is how to keep the laws in this situation.
On the night of Tisha B'av, the saddest day of the year, Jews gather at the Western Wall to mourn the Holy Temples.
How can such a tragic day, on which five calamities occurred, culminating in the Destruction itself, be called a mo’ed?
We do not fast on Shabbat (except for Yom Kippur).This year the 9th of Av is on Shabbat, so we fast Sat. night and Sunday. A primer.
The Kingdom of Israel was not destroyed and exiled in 1 day. It was a gradual process composed of disintegration and habituation.
The fast of the Ninth of Av occurs this year immediately following Shabbat. Here are the times and laws you will need for the fast.
The power of derech eretz.- it is impossible to be rude, arrogant, rough and unpleasant while remaining a devoted servant of God.
We mourn and fast, pray and beseech Hashem for the rebuilding of the Holy Temple. But what will happen?
Prime Minister will be vacationing with his family in northern Israel from Thursday to Sunday, which is the fast of Tisha B'Av.
Prof. Amiram Goldblum explains his "opposition to religious coercion, rampant racism in this country."
Jews cried because they "remembered Zion" - why didn't they remember the bloodshed and suffering inflicted on them instead?
Worshippers shocked to find rolls of bread all over entrance to synagogue on saddest fast day of Jewish calendar.
At the Western Wall, dozens of Jews of all stripes sing 'Acheinu kol beis Yisrael' following end of Tisha B'av fast.
Jewish visitor to the Temple Mount on Tisha B'Av: 'If I didn't feel what we were mourning before, I do now.'
Activists erected a partition between the genders in the egalitarian section of the Western Wall plaza during Tisha B'av prayers.
Eric Adams won New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary earlier this month, narrowly defeating Kathryn Garcia.
This powerful production reveals the inner struggle facing Jews during oppressive Roman rule - and the difficult choices they faced.
Jews from around the country flock to Jerusalem on the anniversary of the destruction of the Temples. Arabs riot on Temple Mount.
Jews marching around Old City walls to mark Tisha B'Av & ascending the Temple Mt. were left mostly unmolested as rioters targeted police.
16 years ago, Arutz Sheva accompanied residents of last community to be uprooted from Gush Katif in those difficult moments.
Mickey Levy chooses to make his request on Tisha b'Av, "our national day of mourning."
Journalist Avi Abelow joins annual march around walls of J'lem Old City. 'We'll continue to strengthen Jerusalem, no matter the challenges.'
PM allows Jews to continue to visit Temple Mount; Islamic Movement and United Arab List protest: 'Temple Mount is under Islamic ownership.'
Here's one of the basic principles of the Torah - it doesn’t change. And it is meant to be kept in Israel.
A chilling animation of the triumphant procession of Jewish captives and Gold Menorah beneath Titus' Arch in Rome 2,000 years ago.
President Isaac Herzog participates in a reading of the Book of Lamentations on eve of Tisha B’Av.
The story of how civil war broke out between the Sages and the Zealots, leading to the final destruction of the Second Temple.
Witness the Romans' brutal tactics and the desperate battle for survival waged by Jewish warriors in defense of their beloved city.
PM allows Jews to ascend to Temple Mount on Tisha b'Av despite veiled threats of rioting.
Thousands from across Israel participated in recitation of lamentations at Western Wall. Photographer Mendy Kurant captured 50 moments.
The Rabbis at Yeshiva.co with a list of sources that may be stuidied on the fast on which 'we do not learn Torah' - and a halakha summary.
Dozens gather at Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Square to mark Ninth of Av, mourning the Temples and reading the Scroll of Lamentations.
Tisha B'Av is not only a day of mourning for what we lost, but rather a reminder of what to expect from ourselves.
We are angry, with God, the enemy, ourselves. We are angry at two millennia of tragedy, at the Holocaust. But is anger our only option?
Watch live: Jews from all sectors mourn the Holy Temples at the Western Wall, with prayers and lamentations.
Five years ago, singer Eyal Cohen thought of a new tune for the ancient dirge 'The Mourners of Zion," and has finished recording it at last.
Pertinent times for Tisha B'av in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, New York, LA, London, Paris and Berlin
When Tisha B'Av is on Motzei Shabbat, Seuda Shlishit is eaten as usual, but one must be careful to stop before sunset. Tikkun on the fast.
The hilltop town of Kumi Ori, near Yitzhar in the Samaria, is ready to undergo its second Tisha B'av under siege by the IDF.
Most of humanity is comfortable with the world view it knows and the patterns of life it has become accustomed to. Especially today.
Health Ministry calls on public to avoid direct exposure to heat and sun, ensure adequate water intake.
The Temple Institute's 5781 Nine Days video.
When we challenge ourselves to be better people and reconnect with God, we also come closer to living peacefully with each other. Op-ed.
Questions, stories and points for discussion on the saddest period of the Jewish Year.