How to Make Tisha B’Av Truly Meaningful | Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen

How can we genuinely mourn something we never personally experienced? Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen explains that Tisha B’Av is not only about mourning the destruction of a building. It is about confronting the breakdown of our most essential relationships: our relationship with ourselves, with other Jews, and with Hashem. The Beit HaMikdash was a place of closeness, connection, and Divine presence. Its destruction reflects the distance, division, and spiritual disconnection we still experience today. Tisha B’Av gives us one day to stop distracting ourselves, acknowledge that pain, and ask what a more connected life could look like. In this powerful and practical talk, Rabbi Dov Ber offers a pathway for making the day meaningful: • Put away the distractions• Contemplate what is broken and what could be • Allow pain to become yearning • Choose a concrete action that will rebuild a relationship A meaningful Tisha B’Av should take us somewhere. The journey begins with pain, but it does not end there: Pain → Yearning → Action → Relationship What is one action you can take to strengthen your relationship with yourself, another Jew, or Hashem? ---------------------------- Get a chance to hear these Rabbis speak firsthand by joining us in Israel! APPLY HERE: https://foundations.aish.com