Reply To: Videos on Tisha B’Av

Ubiquitin: I agree with what you say. However, the main avodah of Tisha B’Av is aveilus. For instance, it is ossur to say hello to another Jew on Tisha B’Av. If the avodah of the day is fixing sinas chinam, we should going around saying hello to all Jews. Yes, we must fix sinas chinam, but we have the rest of the year for that. Tisha B’Av is when we focus on what we are missing — the Bais Hamikdash. If we truly felt the loss, then, after Tisha B’Av we can start working on the sinas chinam.