The laws of mourning on Tisha B’av are modeled after the laws of mourning when a relative passes away. One significant difference is, that by a relative the stringency of the halachos decreases as time passes, while those of Tisha B’av increase as we pass from the three weeks, to the nine days, to Tisha Bav itself.
One explanation is that for a relative we feel the loss immediately and most strongly when they pass away, and the pain of that loss decreases as time goes on. Whereas for Tisha B’av it is difficult for us to mourn for a loss that we never experienced, so we need to work on increasing the feeling of that loss throughout the Three Weeks.
With that said here are some direct downloads and links to other sites to help prepare for the mourning of Tisha B’Av:
Torah Downloads on Tisha B’Av
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Rabbi Akiva Tatz on Tisha B’av – Destruction of The Mind
Rabbi Akiva Tatz on Tisha B’Av – Why Mourning in Afternoon
Rabbi Akiva Tatz on Tisha B’Av – Destruction and Renewal
Rabbi Akiva Tatz on Tisha B’Av – Why We Mourn for the Land
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Rabbi Herschel Welcher on “Eretz Yisroel and Emunah”
Rabbi Herschel Welcher on “Lessons from the Pain of Bar Kamtza”
Rabbi Herschel Welcher on Tisha B’av Directions
Rabbi Herschel Welcher on Tisha B’Av (2011)
Rabbi Herschel Welcher on Tisha B’Av (2009)
Rabbi Herschel Welcher on Tisha B’Av (2007)
Rabbi Herschel Welcher on Tisha B’Av (2006)
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R’ Moshe Schwerd on The Broken Luchos – An Everlasting Gift
R’ Moshe Schwerd on Tefillin, Tisha BAv, and the Bais HaMikdash
R’ Moshe Schwerd on “The Morning after the Mourning”
R’ Moshe Schwerd on How Mourning Brings the Dawn of Moshiach
R’ Moshe Schwerd on Tisha B’Av – Past, Present & Future
R’ Moshe Schwerd on Bringing Korbanos With Our Lips
R’ Moshe Schwerd on “Tisha B’AV Mourning and Consolation”
