The Nahem Controversy: A Brief Summary by Shlomo Brody
July 20, 2010 by Shlomo Brody
Filed under Holidays, New Posts
Particularly since the Six-Day War, there has been an ongoing discussion within Israel regarding the propriety of stating the Nahem prayer during Mincha of Tisha Be’av. Below I provide a brief summary, adapted from my Jerusalem Post Ask The Rabbi column, which, because of editorial complications, will only appear in the paper this coming Friday. [...]