Rabbi Blog

Dear QJC Family,

Unfortunately, Tisha B'av is approaching this weekend, and I want to call attention to certain events taking place as well as resources available. Full QJC schedule at the end of the email.

• Please see attached for this year's Bein Hametzarim/Three Weeks guide with all of the halachic information you need for Tisha B'av.
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• Please note that I will give a shiur after the first mincha on Midrash Eicha Rabbah. The shiur will take place at approximately 2:15 PM. It will be offered both in person and on Zoom.
  
  
• We will be offering the Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation videos at 3:00 PM on Sunday. The theme is “Discover the Priceless Value of Every Person Including Yourself”
  
  
• Herzog College, in conjunction with their annual "Yemei Iyun B'Tanakh" (Tanakh study conference), has provided us with complimentary shiurim that can be watched from home on Tisha B'av. Click here to watch them.
  The English lectures are:
  Rav Alex Israel - Sodom and Jerusalem - A Dynamic Relationship
  Rabbanit Shani Taragin (On-site lecture) - Shiloh - Where Prophets of Destruction Meet
  
  
• World Mizrachi has videos explaining kinot at the sites in which tragedies occurred. You can view them here.
  
  
• Here is the YU-To-Go for Tisha B'av for those who wish to read electronically.
  
  

Motzei Shabbos August 6
Fast Begins - 8:04 pm (seudas shlishis must be concluded by this point)
Shabbos Ends - 8:51 pm
Maariv-  followed by Eicha & Kinos - 9:15 pm (Please say baruch hamavdil bein kodesh l'chol immediately after Shabbos before changing shoes; those not coming to shul should be sure to say בורא מאורי האש at home. The rest of havdalah is omitted.)

Sunday, August 7
Shacharis & Kinos
Main Shul—R’ Grunblatt Sanctuary 8:30 am (with intro and some explanations)
Bais Hamedrash - 9:00 am
(Sof Zman Krias Shema - 9:29 am)

Chatzos/Midday - 1:00 pm
Early Mincha (BH) 1:40 pm
Rabbi Kerbel's shiur - 2:15 pm
Video presentations - 3:00 pm
Mincha (BH) - 7:30 pm
Maariv - 8:20 pm
Fast Ends - 8:38 pm (please be sure to say havdalah before eating - just the beracha of hagafen and hamavdil)