We're now in a period in the liturgical calendar of the Jewish people known as the three weeks.

The three weeks begin on the 17th day of the Hebrew month of Tammuz and continue through the ninth day of the month of Av. They are a period of mourning

and commemoration of many experiences of tragedy and sorrow in the Jewish past, and they culminate

on the ninth of Av that Tisha beav, because it was on that day, in the year 586 before the

common era, that Nebuchadnezzar's forces destroyed the

first temple in Jerusalem, and it was also on that day in the year 70 of the Common Era, that

Roman forces destroyed the second temple in Jerusalem. These events, the Jewish people together

as a nation, remember especially at this time of year.

But how can a person remember an event that he or she never experienced?

Welcome to the Tikfo podcast. I'm your host, Jonathan Silver. That question, how can a person

remember an event that he or she never experienced, is the organizing question that the rabbi and

academic historian Jacob J. Shachter asks in his eight-part video course, the Jewish meaning of memory.

That course, like all of Tikva's video courses, is available free of charge at courses.es.tikva.org.

This week, to elevate our study during the three weeks,

we are broadcasting the first episode of Rabbi Shachter's course

on the Jewish meaning of memory.

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and Twitter. Here now is Rabbi J.J. Shachter on the Jewish meaning of memory.

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