According to the students of Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai, how one should behave is easily divided into three easy-to-remember pieces of advice. The tenth mishna of the second chapter of Avot records the advice of Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrkanus.
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) The Tisha B’Av experience is utterly unique. You sit on the floor in the half-dark, your shoes off, your voice cracking through the dirge-like... Read More