Podcast: Tisha B’Av Debate

Listen to the Debate on Tisha B’Av about the day’s continued importance.

Rabbi Eliot Malomet moderated a debate on Tisha B’Av on the relevance of the current style of commemoration, including fasting and other aspects of mourning.

The focus of the debate was on the following statement: “Be it resolved that after 2,000 years of continuous mourning for the destruction of Jerusalem and the two temples it is time to stop and declare that the days of our mourning have ended.”

Debate Participants:

In favor:

Ellie Geller
Ari Schoenburg
Yakov Malomet
Rabbi David Wise (Coach)

Opposed:

Avital Morris
Mia Appelbaum
Allen Lipson
Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky (Coach)

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