by Rabbi Tuly Weisz | f 9, 2023 | Tammuz, Temple
While people around the world celebrate the start of summer with swimming and adventure trips, the Jewish people are in a global state of mourning during the current month of Tammuz. Tammuz is the fourth month on the Hebrew (lunar) calendar, counting from the...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 15, 2022 | Mourning, Tammuz, Temple
My son had his blanky; the blanket he used in the crib when a baby. Over the years, we tried to replace it but to no avail. Now that he was ten years old, we had given up on replacing the now-tattered piece of cloth. I tried half-heartedly to protest when I saw him...