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Plus: Four Proofs for Creation PARSHAT DEVARIM August 1-2, 2025 / 8 Av 5785 THIS SHABBAT Shabbat Chazon   SPECIAL DAY Tisha B'Av begins motzaei Shabbat, August 2, and is observed through Sunday, August 3.  FEATURED A Tisha B'Av of Meaning Infuse this Tisha B'Av with depth and inspiration through kinnot livestreams and programs featuring our EVP Rabbi Moshe Hauer; EVP Emeritus Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb; Rabbi Steven Weil, CEO, FIDF; and Rabbi Yaakov Glasser, OU Managing Director of Communal Engagement. Special programming includes the Women's Initiative featured video Holding on to Faith: Layers of Loss; reciting a kinnah for a fallen soldier; and the NCSY Kumzitz of the World. ASL translation will be available for Rabbi Hauer's presentation. View Full Program  AROUND THE OU Proud, Sad, and Angry We are proud, sad, and angry. We remain proud of Israel and its army, the only moral fighting force in the region striving to abide by internationally accepted laws of war on a battlefield never faced by another modern army and to live up to its own higher standard of purity of arms established upon the founding of the IDF.   We are genuinely sad about the mounting human costs which – as intended by Hamas – this war is inflicting on Israelis and innocent Palestinians. And we are angry at those who only ascribe to Israel the worst intentions and all responsibility while ignoring Hamas' inhumanity and the simple fact that it remains the initiator of this war and its suffering and could end it tomorrow – but chooses not to. A Tisha B'Av Kinnah for 10/7 Tisha B'Av is the day we mourn the range of tragedies that have marked Jewish history, beginning with the destruction of both Batei Mikdash. In response to the tragedy of October 7 and its aftermath, our EVP Rabbi Moshe Hauer composed a special kinnah, an adaptation of one of the existing kinnot written in the 11th century, Kinnah 25, Mi Yitein Roshi Mayim. It is shared here for those who may find it appropriate, relevant, and useful. Download and Print Kinnah PDF Stand With the Druze in Their Hour of Need The Druze community is facing a devastating humanitarian crisis. Ongoing attacks, chillingly similar to those on October 7, have forced tens of thousands from their homes in Syria. Now is our chance to return their steadfast support with action, aid, and compassion. Donate Now See Photos from OU President Mitch Aeder's Meeting with Druze Leadership in Israel NCSY Atlantic Seaboard Exciting Leadership Update Rabbi Benyamin Moss has been promoted to Regional Director of NCSY Atlantic Seaboard, bringing his passion for empowering Jewish teens to a broader stage. His leadership will expand impactful programs across the region. Read in the Washington Jewish Week OU Women's Initiative Holding On to Faith This Tisha B'Av, hear three powerful voices of faith in the face of loss. Holding On to Faith will feature Orit Mark Ettinger, daughter of Rabbi Michael Mark Hy"d, sister of Shlomi Mark z"l and Pedaya Mark Hy"d; Talia Haber, wife of Dr. Zechariah Pesach Haber Hy"d; and Mary Fuld, mother of Ari Fuld Hy"d. The video will be available to view on-demand starting motzaei Shabbat, August 2. Register Now 18Forty On Loss: A Husband, Father, Soldier – Hadas Hershkovitz Speaks Yossi Hershkovitz was a 44-year-old high school principal and father of five children. On November 10, 2023, Yossi was killed defending the State of Israel in Gaza. His wife, Hadas, joins the 18Forty podcast to speak about loss, life, and memory. Listen on the 18Forty Podcast  UPCOMING EVENTS SPIRIT Seeing Good, Feeling Good: Intro to Natural Vision Healing & Calming of the Nervous System – Presented by Pnina Zoharah, CMT Tuesday, August 5, at 12 noon EDT Register Now SPIRIT Timeless Ties: Fostering Strong Intergenerational Relationships Tuesday, August 19, at 12 noon EDT Register Now  TORAH L'Kadsho Charging Hearing Aids on Shabbos Hearing aids are permitted on Shabbos, but what are the parameters of their use? Rabbi Anthony Manning investigates! Plus… Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz on eiruvei chatzeiros, Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon on borer, and more! Charging Hearing Aids on Shabbos – Watch Now More on L'Kadsho Rabbi Moshe Hauer Kibbud Av and Chodesh Av Klal Yisrael's success requires us to build a future based firmly on our past, respecting and committed to the tradition of values that have characterized our people since Avraham and Sarah and since we stood at Sinai. Read More Rabbi Menachem Genack Unheard Prayers? What is the meaning of the fact that our prayers are not heard on Tisha B'Av? Read in Hebrew Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik zt"l An Excerpt From the Rav's Commentary of Kinnah 10: Eikha Yashva Havatzelet HaSharon Why is it that the stringency of our observance of mourning decreases in the afternoon of Tisha B'Av, at precisely the time that the flames of destruction began to engulf the Beit HaMikdash? Read More Rebbetzin Dr. Adina Shmidman Restoring Leadership, Rebuilding a Nation Each day, multiple times a day, in the middle of Shemoneh Esrei, we ask Hashem: Restore our judges as at first and our advisers as at the beginning. Read More All Torah All Torah Clips: Same Values. New Language. Everyone agrees with the Mesilas Yesharim's list of values. The question is how one articulates them. Watch This Week's Featured clip Join the All Torah Clips WhatsApp Community Rabbi Jack Abramowitz Torah, Tanach, "Old Testament" and Apocrypha Enjoy these real reader questions, including: How were the books of Tanach canonized? Who divided the Torah into five books? And where does the Apocrypha fit in? Read More Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt"l Profits and Prophets There are few more blazing passages in the whole of religious literature than the first chapter of the book of Isaiah, the great "vision" that gives its name to the Shabbat before Tisha B'Av. Read More Rabbi Daniel Korobkin Four Proofs for Creation In his classic work Emunot V'Deot, Rav Saadiah Gaon says that there are many logical proofs to support the Torah's contention of a created world. Here are four of them. Watch Now Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb Words, Mere Words I have kept my time-worn copy of Roget's Thesaurus in my personal library since I was in the seventh grade. It was given to me by my teacher, a Mr. Zeller, who introduced me to the beauty of language and who first stimulated my fascination with words. Read More