Three Weeks

Laws of the Three Weeks

These days are days of mourning over the destruction of the Temple and there are laws and customs for emphasizing that mourning.

Seven weeks of consolation!

Three weeks of sadness requires seven weeks of consolation. That’s the period of the calendar that we are in right now.

Thousands of Jews visit Temple Mount over 3 Weeks

Thousands more expected to visit holiest site in Judaism on Tisha B'Av. the anniversary of the Temples' destruction.

Building the Mikdash from the inside out

To merit seeing the Third Temple, we must build ourselves from inside out and breed sincerity in our hearts.

Customs of the Three Weeks

Laws for a painful time that keep us focussed on what we lost and what we pray to recover.

Summary of Laws of the Three Weeks – 5783/2023

Many of us go about our lives giving little thought to the churban habayit, but the laws of this period cause us to focus on what we lost.

Unifying Israel, G-d, the Torah, and the Land

It is supremely appropriate that it is precisely during the Three Weeks that we meet up again and become re-united in our Torah-readings.

The purpose of our journey - summing up the Book of Numbers

The Torah reading during the Three Weeks is not happenstance, but the map for a nation's journey to Redemption.

How to cry

"Even though the gates of prayer are locked, the (heavenly) gates of tears have not been locked..."said Rabbi Elazar in the Talmud.

The Three Weeks in our time

Remember the past but do not be held captive by it. Still, in today’s fast-moving culture, we undervalue acts of remembering.

A summary of halakhot of the Three Weeks

Through keeping these halakhot properly we strive to merit witnessing the geulah, and the rebuilding of the Beit Hamikdash.

Temporary or permanent? Subverting the Redemption

Such is Torah: One dot missing in a word in Mattot-Masei and Rashi's explanation lead to a vast lesson brought with exquisite subtlety.

Reuven, Gad and the Three Weeks

Mattot-Maasei Numbers 30:2–36:13: The lure of easy gratification and achievement has dulled our yearning for Hashem’s Temple and redemption.

Sensitivity and silence: The Three Weeks

There will always be some talent, skill, or natural characteristics that I can appreciate in another if I look at him with a favorable eye.

The anguish of Hashem Who longs to rebuild His home in Jerusalem

Hashem says: "From the day I destroyed My earthly home, I never.. dwelled in My heavenly home, but instead, remained homeless..."

Pharaoh, please forgive us

Why do I make such a ridiculous statement? Well, consider the following, and then tell me just how ridiculous it is (or is not…).

The Three Weeks and Tisha B'Av

Questions, stories and points for discussion on the saddest period of the Jewish Year.

Office of the Chief Rabbi

From where can the Jewish people derive comfort and consolation?

Once we recognise where we have gone wrong, we can begin to put our national house in order to guarantee a bright and successful future.

Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef rules music permitted in isolation

Innovative halakhic ruling: During coronavirus period, those in isolation may listen to music, even rhythmic, in Three Weeks.

Words that can rebuild the Temple

Vows, oaths and obligations: nothing is ever said in a void or without some sort of ramifications.

Three Weeks: Teachers should be armed with spiritual might

The educational insight of Israel's first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi who saw the Three Weeks - 'between the straits'- as symbolic of our youth.

The loss of the world as we knew it

When the Holy Temple was destroyed, the loss was of a whole way of life.

How should we look at the pandemic during the Three Weeks?

The global pandemic we are in today is a lot like the punishment for the Second Temple, it is a long unending saga with no end in sight.

The 'Three Weeks' and the Parasha

Parashat Pinchas invariably falls during the Three Weeks of mourning for our lost Land and destroyed Holy Temple.

OU Women's Initiative launches virtual Beit Midrash

Orthodox Union launches online women's learning program with intensive and lecture series tracks for the Three Weeks.

The race of life: Together, everyone's a winner

Rabbi Yitzchak Botton explains the meaning of Jewish exile and how we can change for the better during the Three Weeks.

PA warns: 'The most dangerous season of Judaization' has begun

PA cautions that three-week period culminating in "anniversary of what is called 'the destruction of the alleged Temple'" has commenced.

A summary of halakhot for the Three Weeks

This three-week period

New song: 'Thank G-d in good times and bad times'

Jewish music singer in London speaks about his new song and about what he does when it's forbidden to perform.

Almonds and the Three Weeks

The three weeks: A time of fear, courage and intensity

Personal reflections and feelings of an Oleh psychologist, living through the magical time of the scared three weeks in Jerusalem.

Rivlin: Three Weeks and Ramadan Two Sides of the Same Coin

While you wouldn't necessarily think of it, former MK Reuven Rivlin says that Ramadan and the 'Three Weeks' have a lot in common