As we approach Tisha B’Av, we strive to find ways of improving ourselves, so we can ensure that this will be the last year without the Beit HaMikdash. The famous gemara in Gittin about Kamtza and Bar Kamtza teaches us a great deal about the cause of the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash and what we
“And HASHEM said to Moshe, “Descend, warn the people, lest they break through to HASHEM to see, and a multitude of them will fall.’”
– Shemos
The countdown is almost up, Shavuot is coming! When Shavuot comes there seems to be a neat division of activities in many households. The children
Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass, describes the scene of shattered glass that blanketed the streets as the windows of Jewish-owned homes
