KAMTZA AND BAR KAMTZA

1) Incorrect Tolerance -

Why is the approach of R' Zecharyah ben Avkulas termed as "Anvesanus" - humility or modesty?

BLESSINGS OVER THE TORAH

2) -

What specific aspect of Torah learning, or of appreciation for Torah, was lacking? Why did it bring such a harsh punishment?

BASELESS HATRED

3) Severity -

By what measure is baseless hatred worse than the three cardinal sins?

1. Lecture for Tisha bAv 5766 from 00:00

2. Lecture for Tisha bAv 5766 from 44:30

Marei Mekomos for lecture on Tisha bAv 5766 section 2, til 5

3. Yosef Da'as to Yoma 9:p6, ד"ה בהתבונן

4) Different Challenges -

How do the challenges of the generations of the first Beis Hamikdash contrast with our own? How did that difference bring about their hastened redemption?

1. Yosef Da'as to Yoma 9:p6, ד"ה ראשונים

5) Rome -

Why was the first Beis Hamikdash overcome by Bavel and the nations, and the second Beis Hamikdash by Rome? How are these nations a reflection of out own spiritual shortcomings during each period?

6) For What we Are -

What did the first Beis Hamikdash represent, and why were these three sins what brought about its destruction? What did the second Beis Hamikdash represent, and how was it destroyed by baseless hatred? How did this stem from the origins of Tish'ah b'Av - the Meraglim?

1. Lecture for Tisha bAv 5766 from 44:30

Marei Mekomos for lecture on Tisha bAv 5766 section 25, and on

2. Yosef Da'as to Yoma 9:p5, ד"ה לב רע

7) Today -

What is the answer to Sin'as Chinam in our generations - when many of our fellow Jews are abandoning the Torah?

1. Yosef Da'as to Yoma 9:p4,ד"ה מקדש שני citing the Netziv, til p5

OTHER CAUSES

8) -

What other reasons do Chazal give for the Destruction of the Beis Hamikdash? To what sins does the Yerushalmi attribute the exile?

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