What are ways to make sure davening is important to us?

Struggling to connect with davening? How do you get better at it? Why does nothing seem to work?

When Tisha B'Av falls on a Thursday, there are a number of unique halachos that apply on Thursday night and Friday. When may you get a haircut? When can you eat meat? What about doing laundry? (There's certainly plenty of it waiting!)

Avoid politics and being swayed by the rich uncle.

Does a Diabetic Who Eats Cake Against Medical Advice Recite a Berachah?

The cake is delicious and perfectly wholesome in and of itself. Yet for this particular person, it is dangerous to eat. How does this help resolve an apparent contradiction between Berachos 35a and 36b?

This year, Tisha B'Av falls on Thursday, a day when many people have cleaning help come to their homes. May the cleaning help come on Tisha B'Av morning, or is that prohibited?

Sometimes we feel "dead" in our Avodas Hashem. How do we approach that? Is there any way to work around that?

Be strong in the face of mockery!

Is there any obligation to honor uncles and aunts?

On the one hand, as the day of Tisha B'Av progressing the restrictions become less severe. However, even after Tisha B'av is over the nine days restrictions still remain. How are we to make sense of this?

What should our attitude and feelings be on Motzai Tisha B'Av?