The Smile Beneath Tisha B’av
Update: 2025-07-30
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This weeks episode is generously sponsored laliyat neshama of
Yocheved bat Yehuda a'h
Shifra bat Dov a”h
Tisha B’Av is the saddest day of the Jewish year—a Mo’ed of tears and heartbreak. Yet Chazal call it a festival, and they promise that whoever mourns for Jerusalem will one day see its joy. In this class, we explore the deep paradox of Tisha B’Av: why it is called a Mo’ed, the connection between Ayeka and Eicha, and how our tears themselves are the guarantee of redemption. Along the way, we reflect on the Baal HaTanya’s childhood game of hide-and-seek, Napoleon’s astonishment at a nation still crying after 1,700 years, and the quiet smile hidden beneath our mourning.
Yocheved bat Yehuda a'h
Shifra bat Dov a”h
Tisha B’Av is the saddest day of the Jewish year—a Mo’ed of tears and heartbreak. Yet Chazal call it a festival, and they promise that whoever mourns for Jerusalem will one day see its joy. In this class, we explore the deep paradox of Tisha B’Av: why it is called a Mo’ed, the connection between Ayeka and Eicha, and how our tears themselves are the guarantee of redemption. Along the way, we reflect on the Baal HaTanya’s childhood game of hide-and-seek, Napoleon’s astonishment at a nation still crying after 1,700 years, and the quiet smile hidden beneath our mourning.
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