Tisha b'av

How to Turn Sadness to Joy The saddest day of the Jewish year, the ninth day of the month of Av, was observed Thursday July 30, 2020. The ninth of Av commemorates the destruction of the ancient Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. This devastating event marked the beginning of the Jewish people’s ongoing exile and centuries of massacres‎ and countless deaths. Our sages teach that the ninth of Av is also the birthday of the Moshiach - the Jewish messiah (Jerusalem Talmud, Berachos 2:4). This teaching