R. Micha'el Rosenberg: On the Day the Messiah Was Born

The Talmud Yerushalmi tells a distressing and perplexing tale about a cowherd who goes off in search of the newborn baby messiah on the day the Temple was destroyed. We will read this story, with its enigmatic ending, and try to understand what its authors are trying to tell us about how we should respond in the face of destruction. Recorded on Tisha B'Av 2022. *Content warning: Please note that this class will discuss the potentially violent death of a young child. Source sheet: https://mechonhadar.s3.amazonaws.com/mh_torah_source_sheets/RosenbergTishaBAv2022.pdf