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Wednesday, 26 Adar I, 5784
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Tisha B’Av Begins Tonight

The 9th of Av, Tisha b'Av, commemorates a list of catastrophes so severe it's clearly a day specially cursed by G-d. Fast begins 8:23 pm in Crown Heights (8:29 pm in Upstate New York). Full Story

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Cursed?
July 19, 2010 10:47 am

That’s not like anything I’ve ever been taught as a Lubavitcher. Certainly strikes fear and dread a la pre Baal Shem Tov days in people’s hearts. Ever read the story of Reb Shmuel Munkes and Tisha B’Av?

moshe der g
July 19, 2010 10:42 am

yknow i heard this story

a shliach moved into a town and in that town there was a misnagdished rov who was friendly with the shliach, on one purim he told the shliach. this simcha on purim is hard for me to make an event etc.. so ill make a deal with you. purim chanukah and all the happy yomim tovim you do. the 3 weeks and tisha bav ill do. i can do aveilus very well

the moral hopefully is self understood. we prepare for moshiach we do things with joy. we dont understand “curses” etc

Curse?
July 19, 2010 10:25 am

G-d has not cursed any day. In fact Tisha B’av is called ‘Moed’ like pesach etc. That is why we do not say tachnun on this day. The day became a day of mourning when the Jews were still in the desert. This was the day the Jews were punished because of their sin of not wanting to enter Eretz Yisroel, prefering to take the advice of the 10 nisiem and not to Yehoshua and Colev. The destruction of the Botei Mikdash and the other catasrophies followed from that. It is a day that is prone for punishment, but it… Read more »

tonight's fate?
July 19, 2010 9:45 am

lets hope tonight we will see the rebbe — not like he was in the above picture, but rather with a true yom tov spirit with moshiach now !

The Rebbe teaches us to be positive!
July 19, 2010 9:38 am

What’s up with the curse?
Sounds like a page out of some other non-Chabad website!
Stop the curses and bring on the blessings!

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