The Month of Av

The Talmud relates that on the 15th of Av and Yom Kippur, the eligible young men and women of Jerusalem would go out to the vineyards to find their prospective marriage partner. Why specifically these two days?

The Talmud teaches us that the 15th of Av and Yom Kippur are the happiest days of the Jewish calendar: Why and what is the connection between these two dates?

The Talmud relates that the 20th of Av was a holiday for a particular family who brought wood to the Temple for the altar, the identity of this family is the topic of a debate.

This is an advanced class which discusses the specialty of the 15th of Av.

An in-depth analysis of the Talmudic teaching that from the fifteenth of Av and onward, one is to increase in Torah study at night.

An advanced class detailing the significance of the 20th day of Av.