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What to watch on Tisha b’Av
Tisha B'Av Survival Guide
All AccessTisha B'Av Survival Guide
Rabbi David Fohrman
This year, don’t just go through the motions. We’ve put together everything you need for a meaningful Tisha B’Av, in one easy package.
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Tisha B’Av: Reflecting on Tisha B’Av with Rabbi Fohrman
All AccessTisha B’Av: Reflecting on Tisha B’Av with Rabbi Fohrman
Rabbi David Fohrman - 36 min podcast
Rabbi Fohrman, Imu Shalev, and Tikva Hecht reflect on ten years of Aleph Beta Tisha B’Av videos. They discuss the lessons they have learned over the years about the meaning and nature of Tisha B’Av, and also review their personal favorite videos, and where to get started if you are new.
Podcast Episode
Tisha B'Av After October 7th
All AccessTisha B'Av After October 7th
Rabbi David Fohrman - 5 episodes - 64 min video
We still live in the shadow of October 7th. In many ways it makes Tisha B’Av feel more real. And yet, we still feel a gap from all the tragedies of the distant past that we are also meant to feel. How are we meant to bridge that gap?
Video Series
These videos come at the day from every angle: the choices that led to it, the texts we read on it. But more than that, we hope they will help you feel the day — the grief, the regret, the anger and the doubt. As well as the hope and faith that persists.
Starting a free trial will give you unrestricted and unlimited access to all of them, all day. And two weeks to explore the entire library. Cancel before then, and you won't be charged at all.
LET US INTRODUCE OURSELVES
Not just a library to watch — a different relationship with the text
Rabbi Fohrman
Our lead scholar
Rabbi David Fohrman is the founder and lead scholar at Aleph Beta. Over the last two decades, he’s pioneered a way of reading Biblical text that feels both rigorous and revelatory. Through Aleph Beta, he’s given expression to that, developing what is now a vast library of content, spanning all types of media: animated videos, podcasts and books. He’s also embarked on an effort to train a team of Torah scholars adept at the close-reading methodology he’s pioneered – and their work can be found at Aleph Beta, too.
Prior to his founding of Aleph Beta, Rabbi Fohrman served as a senior editor and writer for the ArtScroll Talmud Project. He also taught Biblical themes as adjunct faculty at Johns Hopkins University, where he had earlier received a Master’s degree in Western intellectual history. Rabbi Fohrman received his rabbinical and Talmudic training at the Ner Israel Rabbinical College, but some of his earliest and most profound exposure to Biblical text analysis came from his encounters with Rabbi Yosef Leibowitz, in his childhood years in Northern California.
IT DOESN'T END WITH THE FAST
The day brought you here. Membership will get you through the year.
Tisha B'Av brought you to Aleph Beta — but there's so much more waiting for you to discover. Close, beautiful readings of the text, ready for every Shabbos and every chag. Designed to fit seamlessly into your life.
Show up to Shabbos with something to say
Walk into the meal with a fresh insight on the parsha — the kind that makes the table lean in.
Walk into every holiday prepared
Seder prep, Megillah, the Yamim Noraim, Tisha B'Av — arrive spiritually ready instead of scrambling.
Ask the hard questions — and find real answers
The troubling stories, the never-ending lists of names. Read God's book cover to cover without skipping the "boring" parts or avoiding the challenging ones.
Try it now, don’t pay for 14 days
And it all fits in your pocket
Learn on the train, in the kitchen, on a walk — the whole library in the Aleph Beta app.
WHY THERE'S A PRICE AT ALL
We'd rather partner with thousands of you than a few big donors.
Aleph Beta is a nonprofit. But we don't do a lot of fundraising — no galas, no appeals, no ads. Instead, we turn to you, the people we actually serve, and ask for your partnership. So don't think of membership as a fee. Think of it as a small monthly donation to support the scholars, editors and animators who make this Torah.
And if the price is a barrier — for any reason, in any season of life — Aleph Beta is free for you. No application essay, no proof, no awkward conversation.
Those who can, carry those who can't.
it's genuinely no problem
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— SARAH, member since 2019
Don't sit with the day alone.
Join Aleph Beta, and let this Tisha B'Av actually mean something.
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