Did God Abandon His People When He Destroyed the Temple?
What do you like to hear first, the good news or the bad news? Jeremiah is known as the prophet of destruction and rebuke. Indeed, he was given the unenviable task of warning the Jews of the impending destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem. But were all of his...
Today is the Seventeenth of Tammuz: What Does that Mean?
There are many days that are auspicious, commemorated for a powerful event that happened on that date, earning them personal or even national significance. Birthdays and national holidays are like this. The same is true for sad days commemorating tragic events. People...
Why do we fast on the Tenth of Tevet?
The tenth day of the Hebrew month Tevet, which comes one week after the last day of Hanukkah, is a minor fast day. The fast begins at dawn and ending after sundown. The fast is in mourning of the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia...
