Wisdom Wednesdays – Parashat Pinchas
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Tisha B’Av
Commemorating tragedy and finding hope in renewal and unity
A Brief Synopsis of the Laws and Customs of Tisha B’Av
The final meal before the fast is called Se’oudah HaMafseqet (סעודה מפסקת). Generally we are only allowed to eat one cooked food at this meal, usually rice and lentils or a hard boiled egg and a piece of bread. Since this year this meal will be on Shabbat itself, we are not to display any […]
An Amar Family Tradition on Tisha B’Av
At Tisha B’Av, Moroccan Jewish families were split into two camps; the “Treyen” and the “Khanzin”, two Arabic adjectives in the masculine plural form respectively meaning the “pure” and the “impure”. According to our Sages the besieged population of Jerusalem suffered from famine and thirst. Many resorted to eating the decaying carcasses they found hence […]
