The Mystical Power of Sleeping With a Stone on Tisha B'Av

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Daniel Glatstein’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Everything in Judaism is elevated through adherence to the halachas even about the smallest activities we're involved in. Sleep on Tisha B'Av is a prime example. The Ramah in Siman Tav Kuf Nun Hey, Sif Bet brings that one should cause some degree of distress in one's sleep the night of Tisha B'Av. If one normally sleeps with two pillows, only sleep with one. Then the Ramah says that some people put a stone under their head as a zecher to stone under their head as a zecher to what it says, "Vayikach Me'avnei Hamakom." Yaakov Avinu took from the stones of the place and Chazal say, "Shara Hachurban." He saw the Churban. So because Yaakov Avinu saw [snorts] the Churban at the time there was a stone under his head, we too, the night of the Churban, we put a stone under our head. Well, my dear uh friends, I'm going to share with you and show you a very special item. You see this stone?

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1. 0:00Everything in Judaism is elevated through adherence to the halachas even about the smallest activities we're…
2. 0:31stone under their head as a zecher to what it says, "Vayikach Me'avnei Hamakom." Yaakov Avinu…
3. 1:01item. You see this stone? This is my Tisha B'Av stone. And don't tell anyone, it…
4. 1:31to this. Chasam Sofer points out that Yaakov Avinu, "Vayishkav Bamakom Hahu," he went to sleep…
5. 2:01stone under his head the night of Tisha B'Av. So, that makes it even more appropriate…
6. 2:31"Yirah ki huzu even hashsia." The stone then became the foundational stone of the Beis HaMikdash…
7. 3:01morning that very stone became the even hashsia. May we be zocheh that Tisha B'Av should…

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