Tisha B’Av – Mourning the Destruction
The ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av begins tonight (Wednesday, July 29) at sunset. This day marks the anniversary of the destruction of both the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem, in 423 BCE and 69 CE by the Babylonians and the Romans respectively. (There are a couple of ways to figure the count, so you may sometimes see slightly different dates given.) Throughout Jewish history, many other calamities of note happened or began on this same day. It is observed as a day of fasting and mou
Zalman Kravitz