Tisha B'Av 2010 - Why Mourning AND Recovery are Sacred

July 16, 2010

"How does a nation mourn a national tragedy? How much is enough? How much is too much? How does mourning help us to move on - to move back into life? These are the big questions which animate Tisha B'Av, the traditional Jewish day of mourning and fasting in memory of past communal tragedies, which commences at sundown this Monday night, July 19th..."

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