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The Lakewood Scoop · Jul 22, 2026

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Rav Avigdor Miller: It’s Very Easy to Weep on Tish B’Av Q: How important is it to cry in the kinos in Tisha B’Av? Is it very important or let’s say I’m more of an internal person and it’s very hard for me to cry? A: How important is it to cry on Tisha B’Av? What if it’s a person that only feels internally but can’t actually bring himself to cry? It’s very easy to weep on Tisha B’Av. על בית ישראל על עם ה’ שנפלו בחרב. The Germans came to town after town and took the people. The people in the small towns, they were generally shomrei Shabbos in the small towns. In the small towns, yes. They all ate kosher in the small towns. They weren’t tzaddikim already and their children didn’t go to yeshivos – many small towns didn’t send any boys to yeshivos anymore. Even the small towns were cooled off – their hislavus had gone away –but in general they were moderately observant people. READ MORE ⤵️ Click here to join the official TLS Community:

*Rav Avigdor Miller: It’s Very Easy to Weep on Tish B’Av* Q: How important is it to cry in the kinos in Tisha B’Av? Is it very important or let’s say I’m more of an internal person and it’s very hard for me to cry? A: How important is it to cry on Tisha B’Av? What if it’s a person that only feels internally but can’t actually bring himself to cry? It’s very easy to weep on Tisha B’Av. על בית ישראל על עם ה’ שנפלו בחרב. The Germans came to town after town and took the people. The people in the small towns, they were generally shomrei Shabbos in the small towns. In the small towns, yes. They all ate kosher in the small towns. They weren’t tzaddikim already and their children didn’t go to yeshivos – many small towns didn’t send any boys to yeshivos anymore. Even the small towns were cooled off – their hislavus had gone away –but in general they were moderately observant people. READ MORE ⤵️ https://thelakewoodscoop.com/news/rav-avigdor-miller-its-very-easy-to-weep-on-tish-bav/ ~~~ Click here to join the official TLS Community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GGwlPaiG0d49MJTRLfHVPN ~~~

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