Tisha B'Av: Connecting to the Churban Today

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How can we cry over a Churban from 2,000 years ago? Every tzara of Klal Yisrael comes from the Churban, so Tisha B'Av is the day for all of them. The Baal HaTanya teaches that our neshamos share one source, so living by the neshama connects us to each other's pain. One explanation of the Gemara on Ashrei shows that the yeshua of Klal Yisrael will also come beyond derech hateva, and that is the yeshua to daven for.

Key points

• A kinnah says each calamity deserves its own day, but all are part of the Churban.
• Relating to the Holocaust or October 7th is truly relating to the tzaros of the Churban.
• One explanation of the Gemara: Ashrei lacks a nun because Klal Yisrael's fall is beyond derech hateva.

In this shiur

1. 0:00The Kinnos and the Churban
2. 2:39Finding a way to relate to Churban
3. 6:31Baal HaTanya on connected neshamos
4. 8:31Ashrei and the missing nun
5. 10:28Explaining the missing nun
6. 12:56The Eretz Yisrael reading of the pasuk
7. 13:59Current events

Topics

• Tisha B'Av
• Churban
• Kinnos
• Ashrei