Tisha Baav started out with a meaningful Shachrit followed by reciting some kinot, where our staff gave explanations as to what we were reading. We had a learning program lead my Leora Mayer about Sinat Chinam and what we can do to bring back the Beit Hamikdash. We then went into Menucha time, where people watched movies, slept, and talked about Tisha B’Av. After that, we had another learning program about recognizing your strengths and the strengthens of your peers, led by Dovid Simpser. We took turns throwing yarn to people, causing a web to form of “positive energy”. Then, we had a guest speaker from Yeshivat Hakotel, Rabbi Horn, who talked to us about how to connect to the Beit Hamikdash when we never saw the building. We then had mincha and then had some more free time until we head to the restaurant where we said Maariv, havdala, and broke our fast on a spread of breads salads pastas and pizza. We then went back to the hotel and had an awesome talent show lead by Kee Frischman.  Overall, it was a very meaningful day.
-Avigail O