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This collection draws from multiple user interpretations of the Talmudic story of Kamtza and bar Kamtza, which is the classic tale of interpersonal relationships that prefigured the destruction.
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Kamtza and Bar Kamtza (et al): Freedom of FaultQuestion guide is based on Sarah Rudolphs's WebYeshiva class, "Kamtza and Bar-Kamtza: Blame and the Chorban Beit Hamikdash" (July 2020)
Sarah Rudolph•780 Views•June 23, 2021•Anavah,Humility,Tisha B'Av,Kamtza,Sinat Chinam,Bar Kamtza,Blame
Tisha B’Av: Causes of Destruction, Seeds of HopeConservative Yeshiva Online•10510 Views•November 6, 2017•Tisha B'av,Conservative Yeshiva,Rabbi Daniel Goldfarb,Rabbinic Holiday
Bar Kamtza was rightBar Kamtza was right: An essay on institutions and the powerless
Kamtza and Bar-Kamtza: A 3-Act StoryA Readers’ Theatre version of Kamtza and Bar-Kamtza, with discussion questions
The Real Lesson of Tisha B’AvThe holiday frequently brings sermons about Jewish unity, but the story of the destruction of the Temple offers a very different message. Written by Yoav Schaefer and Jacob Samuel Abolafia, and featured in Tablet Magazine, July 2017
Kamtza and Bar Kamtza: Takes from Jewish EducatorsSefaria Education•1147 Views•June 23, 2021•Tisha B'Av,Baseless Hatred,Sinatchinam,Sinat Chinam,Kamtza
Kamtza & Bar Kamtza and Zekhariah ben Avkolas: The Development of a Narrative of DestructionOriginally written by Rabbi Yosef Goldman for "Aggadah as History" with Professor Richard Kalmin, Fall 2011.
Yosef Goldman•2014 Views•June 23, 2021•Anavah,Destruction,Modesty,Tisha B'Av,Humility,Bar Kamtza,Leadership,Kamtza
Kamtza and Bar Kamtza: Rabbis must know the moment they are facingKamtza and Bar Kamzta is an essential story that helps us bring the Big Story of the destruction of the Temple into our own lives. The choices we make and the moments we have sometimes have big implications - and we have to step up.
The Kamtza and Bar Kamtza Incident: A Look at a Tragic Talmudic Drinking StoryA discussion of the infamous Kamtza and Bar Kamtza incident in the Babylonian Talmud
Tisha B'Av 5779 Bar Kamtza:The Rest Of The StoryAdditional texts to frame a discussion of the bar Kamtza story (Kamtza and Bar Kamtza: The Story)
There's More to the StoryThis examines the end of the Tisha B'Av story, usually left off, that the Temple and Jewish sovereignty weren't destroyed solely by sinat chinam, but by overzealous religiosity.
Rabbi Jennifer Gorman•674 Views•July 30, 2017•Sinat Chinam,Exile,Hatred,Temple,Tisha B'Av,Bar Kamsa,Kamsa,Zealotry
Kamtzah and Bar Kamtzah: A Tale of Two MidrashimA look at the big differences between the two versions of the Kamtzah/Bar-Kamtzah story.
Pirke Avot: EgoA study of Hillel's famous dictum: "If I'm not for myself, who will be for me, and if I'm only for myself, what am I."
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