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Tish'a b'Av is difficult when you need to keep two kids from being bored without actually "entertaining" them too much. A Discovery Channel DVD about the Big Dig passed some of the time, and they played with the neighbors for a bit.

Meanwhile, I took the opportunity to translate one of the pages of the Talmud that we're actually permitted to study on Tish'a b'Av. The narrative of how the mistaken identity of Kamtza and bar Kamtza led to the destruction of Jerusalem, and the interaction between the rabbis and Vespasian and Titus, are related on Gittin 56.

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Tish'a b'Av is difficult when you need to keep two kids from being bored without actually "entertaining" them too much. A Discovery Channel DVD about the Big Dig passed some of the time, and they played with the neighbors for a bit.

Meanwhile, I took the opportunity to translate one of the pages of the Talmud that we're actually permitted to study on Tish'a b'Av. The narrative of how the mistaken identity of Kamtza and bar Kamtza led to the destruction of Jerusalem, and the interaction between the rabbis and Vespasian and Titus, are related on Gittin 56.

One good thing about NBC's coverage, at least

They're using the original harmonization of "Bugler's Dream." Sorry, Maestro Williams, but that will always be the Olympic theme in my internal soundtrack.

One good thing about NBC's coverage, at least

They're using the original harmonization of "Bugler's Dream." Sorry, Maestro Williams, but that will always be the Olympic theme in my internal soundtrack.

Another Olympic music moment

Who ever would have expected a Russian gymnast to use the theme from the movie Exodus?

Another Olympic music moment

Who ever would have expected a Russian gymnast to use the theme from the movie Exodus?