Category: Tisha b’Av & Minor Fast Days

This period of time is a coming out of sorts ... peeling off our layers to allow the unvarnished essence of true self to emerge

Feeling our grief and pain, however hard it is to do, is what keeps us out of despair

The holiday of Tisha B’Av, the 9th of Av, compels us to see boundaries differently—instead of separating out personal loss from communal loss ... we compact grief into one uniting experience

"Take solace in the fact that she's in a better place now."  "Don't sit around moping after the breakup—you need to get out!" "Cheer up! It'll get better from here." "You just gotta keep busy to keep your mind off of it!" "You're doing great!" "Life goes on, you can't drop out from it forever."

Our collective memory consists of the narratives and experiences individual Jews bring to the Jewish story.