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ואהבת לרעך כמוך- זה כלל גדול בתורה Sunday, July 26, 2020 Us East Uk Israel Ahavas Yisrael Bein Adam Lachaveiro Galus / Geula Personal Growth Tisha B'av בס"ד Yeshivat Hakotel Presents ה׳ אב, תש”ף ואהבת לרעך כמוך- זה כלל גדול בתורה SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2020 US EAST UK ISRAEL AHAVAS YISRAEL BEIN ADAM LACHAVEIRO GALUS / GEULA PERSONAL GROWTH TISHA B'AV 10:00 3:00 5:00 OPENING SESSION AM PM PM Chief Rabbis - Rav David Lau, Rav Yitzchak Yosef, Rav Yisrael Meir Lau, Rav Shlomo Amar Senior Roshei Yeshiva - Rav Avigdor Nevenzahl, Rav Asher Weiss, Rav Baruch Wieder Rav Simcha Bunim Cohen Rav Moshe Heinemann Rav Hershel Schachter Chief Rabbi Dovid Lau Rav Asher Weiss Rav Berel Povarsky 10:30 3:30 5:30 What To Gain From Being B’Shalom with Everyone Ahavas Yisrael The Mikdash Holiness That Unifies The Galus & the Geula The Punishment That Is a Cure The Three Weeks Rav Yissocher Frand Rav Ahron Lopiansky Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Rav Yisroel Reisman Rav Yosef Chevroni Rav Moshe Weinberger 11:00 4:00 6:00 Keeping Things in Perspective: V'ahavta L'rei'acha Kamocha - Understanding the Not Understood Don’t Be Caught on The Wrong The Journey from Shiva Asar Ahavas Olam; An Everlasting Love The Antidote to Sinas Chinam To Love Or To Like? - Theology of the Holocaust Side of The Door B'Tamuz to Tisha B'Av Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar Rav Yitzchak Berkovits Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis Rav Yaakov Bender Rav Moshe Tuvia Lieff Rav Moshe Meiselman 11:30 4:30 6:30 Ahavas Chinam vs. Sinas Is Sinas Chinam Ever Really Introspection as a Step to Tisha B’Av: How to Rise Above Pettiness Getting Ready to Greet Moshiach Chinam Chinam? Rebuilding the Beis Hamikdash The Power of the Absent Greeting Rav Menachem Penner Chief Rabbi Dr. Warren Rav YY Jacobson Rav Elimelech Biderman Rav Mordechai Willig Rav Yonason Sacks 12:00 5:00 7:00 Sinat Chinam Destroyed the Goldstein Make Your Home the Forgiving and Forgoing Rebuilding the Beis Hamikdash The Dual Nature of Tisha B'Av Mikdash: Really??? Jewish Unity as a Creative Process Beis HaMikdash Rav Leib Kelemen Rav Moshe Hauer Rav Noach Isaac Oelbaum Rav Jacob J. Schacter Rav Shimon Alouf Mr. Charlie Harary 12:30 5:30 7:30 The Secret to Loving Every Hashomeir Achi Anochi - Building the Beis HaMekdash When Should We Fast in HaMikdash VeAchdut Yisrael The Eyes of Geula Single Jew Am I My Brother's Keeper? Within Ourselves Commemoration of the Churban? Rav Bezalel Rudinsky Rav Michael Rosensweig Rav Shmuel Brazil Rav Noach Orlowek Rav Zev Leff Rav Ephraim Shapiro 1:00 6:00 8:00 Achdus: The Lifeline for Aveilus De'Rabbim: An The Bais Hamikdash & The Aveilus Besimcha - Shalom: The State of Perfection Removing the Darkness Hashroas HaShechina Expression of Ahavas Yisrael Power to Reframe Mourning in Joy Rav Aryeh Lebowitz Rav Doron Perez Rav Gershon Ribner Rav Steven Weil Rav Nissan Kaplan Rav Professor Avraham 1:30 6:30 8:30 The Highest Form of Ahavas Making Sense of Senseless Rebuilding the Mikdash by Rebuilding Two Infamous Attempts to Destroy Serving Hashem Without Steinberg Yisrael Hatred Our Relationships Judaism & the Torah SheBaal Peh Distraction The Sick on Tisha B'Av Rav Shay Schachter Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon Rav Joey Rosenfeld Rav Shaul J Kassin Rav Ari Bensoussan Rav Moshe Taragin 2:00 7:00 9:00 Loving Hashem Means Loving The Sinah Prohibition - The Torah Way Nechamah: The Secret of The Unity That Defines Us Living Thankfully The Day The World Changed His Children To Solve Disputes Redemption Within Exile Rav Ben Tzion Shafier Rav Judah Mischel Rav Eytan Feiner Rav Jesse Horn Rav Menachem Leibtag Rav Shraga Kallus 2:30 7:30 9:30 Baseless Hatred Never Feels Seeing Good in Ourselves and Lev Echad / Guf Echad & the Journey Three Approaches to Understand Prayer or Penitence - The The Kosel - The Holiest Place in Baseless Others Towards Eretz Yisroel Why Hashem Sent Us Into Galus Purpose of the Beit Ha'Mikdash the World Rav Shalom Rosner Rav Shmuel Fuerst Rav Yitzchak Breitowitz Rav Mayer Twersky Rav Shmuel Weiner Rav Mendel Blachman 3:00 8:00 10:00 Achieving the Level of Laws of Tisha B'Av: The Price of Sinat Chinam* Rambam on Ahavas Yisroel* The Key to Chesed Reflections on the Churban* Moshe Rabeinu Kriya & Other Inyanim* 3:30 8:30 10:30 CLOSING WORDS Rav Dr. Akiva Tatz (links will only be active during the time listed). *Over 30 minutes The click boxes take you to the shiurim (once activated) The program will also be screened on TorahAnytime.com/Vayichan and Vayichan.com JOIN KLAL YISRAEL @ VAYICHAN.COM L’iluy Nishmas Rabbi Meyer and Rebbetzin Pearl Shapiro and recent niftarim and l’refuas hacholim. בס"ד Yeshivat Hakotel Presents ה׳ אב, תש”ף ואהבת לרעך כמוך- זה כלל גדול בתורה SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2020 US WOMEN SPEAKERS ACHIEVING A. YISRAEL ISRAEL TOURS PARENT-CHILD INTERVIEWS EAST UK ISRAEL Moderated by Dovid Lichtenstein 10:00 3:00 5:00 OPENING SESSION AM PM PM Chief Rabbis - Rav David Lau, Rav Yitzchak Yosef, Rav Yisrael Meir Lau, Rav Shlomo Amar Senior Roshei Yeshiva - Rav Avigdor Nevenzahl, Rav Asher Weiss, Rav Baruch Wieder Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi Rebbetzin Reena Tarshish* Rav Dr. Abraham J. Twerski Touch and Feel All Four Har Habayis Walls Rav Emanuel Feldman with his son Rav Ilan 10:30 3:30 5:30 Love Matters!!! Making the Most of the Three Weeks My Own Struggle With Low Self-Esteem Rav Barnea Levi Selavan Is it a Child’s Job to Give Their Parents Nachas? 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