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On Tisha B’Av, mourning incomparable loss, working on increased unity feature On Tisha B’Av, mourning incomparable loss, working on increased unity The holiday marked by Jewish calamities associated with internecine strife is an annual reminder to move past the divisiveness of politics, enmity and isolation. (July 14, 2021 / JNS) Why is Tisha B’Av the saddest day of the Jewish year? Eerily, not only were both of the holy temples in Jerusalem destroyed on the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av (the first one, built by King Solomon, was demolished by the Babylonians in 586 BCE, and the s...

On February 3, 2017 ( 7 th of Shevat 5777), which was the Friday before we read Parshat Bo in Shul that year, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks wrote what I would consider one of his most important Blogs to appear on these pages of TOI. I say that for a number of reasons, two of which I will discuss in this Blog. Firstly, let’s look at the Hebrew date it was published. There were four number sevens that appear. One number 7 is the date in Shevat. The final three 7’s appear as a series of three in the year 5777. Regarding the first number 7, Rabbi Sacks passed away on that date in November this past ye...

Funerals of 2 Top Rabbis Flout Israeli Coronavirus Directives The Media Line Staff 02/01/2021 Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish mourners took to the streets of Jerusalem on Sunday, flouting social distancing and other coronavirus regulations to participate in funeral ceremonies for two leading rabbis. In spite of the country’s third national lockdown, thousands gathered to pay their respect to the respected rabbis Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik, who died at 99, and Yitzchok Scheiner, who died at the age of 98. Pictures of the funerals showed thousands of men, close together, almost all dre...

589 shares David Horovitz is the founding editor of The Times of Israel. He is the author of "Still Life with Bombers" (2004) and "A Little Too Close to God" (2000), and co-author of "Shalom Friend: The Life and Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin" (1996). He previously edited The Jerusalem Post (2004-2011) and The Jerusalem Report (1998-2004). Ultra-Orthodox Jews carry the body of Rabbi Meshulam Soloveitchik during his funeral in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. The mass ceremony took place despite the country's health regulations banning large public gatherings, during a nationwide lockdown to c...