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Why Don’t We Cry on Tisha B’Av? - Introduction to Kinnos | Rabbi Dovid Rosman

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Rabbi Dovid Rosman

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that the in the beginning of is crying on hallaya on this night. The garra says that this refers to al iske hala something that happened on that night. What is that referring to? The that by the that by the night they cried and as the Gumar says they cried cries of uh no purpose nothing there and Hashem said from the fact that you cried with no purpose so there's going going to be another night in the future another lla where you're going to cry as Well, and that's the day of tishab. The gumar says that they cried in the times of on the 9th of A. And so too, we of on the 9th of A. And so too, we experience throughout Jewish history many terrible tragedies that occurred on the 9th of A. The lashon is that we will cry. It's going to be a day of crying. We cried then for no reason. We're going to have to cry for many, many more generations. And I know I always feel this and uh I like to think others do as well that like to think others do as well that sometimes we could go through a tishabove and we could even be moved by a tishabove, but we might not necess necessarily cry. While the whole day is a designated day of crying, that's the name. It started from crying. It's supposed to be crying and then we don't cry. So, do we miss the boat? Did Did we miss out on an a crucial part and theme of

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  1. 0:04that the in the beginning of is crying on hallaya on this night. The garra says
  2. 1:37like to think others do as well that sometimes we could go through a tishabove and
  3. 3:08the Mus movement. In his based fela, he explains that blood that sorry tears is actually
  4. 4:40tears somewhat circulate through the heart. It come from the heart and then goes up to
  5. 6:15Hashem split the waters, the waters on the bottom complained. They were upset. In fact, they're
  6. 7:45they can't get there, even though they know that Hashem set certain boundaries and for whatever
  7. 9:22For that reason, the Torah and the mitzvos were given specifically to be performed and fulfilled
  8. 10:55of religiosity that we have over here is on a different level. It's not a little
  9. 12:27The way we speak, the way we try to live our lives should be reflective of
  10. 14:01the first one because we know someone's sick? Of course, those things are important, but there's

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