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Tag Archives: Tisha B’Av
Tisha B’Av 5781 – 2021
Today it is Tisha B’Av, the 9th day of Av, the saddest day in the Jewish calendar. Today we remember the destruction of our two Holy Temples, both destroyed on this day, along with a host of other calamities. As … Continue reading
Posted in History, Israel news, Judaism
Tagged archaeology, First Temple, Har Habayit, Jerusalem, Judaism, Temple Mount, Tisha B'Av
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Tisha B’Av 5780 – 2020
Tisha B’Av, the 9th day of Av began last night at sundown and finishing at sundown tonight. Tisha Be’Av is the saddest day in the Jewish calendar. As I wrote in a previous Tisha Be’Av post: The fast commemorates the … Continue reading
Posted in Judaism, Slice of Israeli life
Tagged 9th Av, archaeology, Jerusalem, Judaism, Kotel, Tisha B'Av
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Tisha B’Av 5779 – 2019
The destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem on Tisha Be’Av Since the 9th day of Av fell yesterday, on Shabbat when we do not mourn, the fast itself was deferred to today, beginning last night at sundown and finishing at … Continue reading
Posted in Incitement, Israel news, Judaism, Terrorism
Tagged Har Habayit, incitement, Jerusalem, Judaism, Mordechai Kedar, Muslim antisemitism, Old City, riots, Temple Mount, Tisha B'Av, Waqf
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Thoughts for Friday Erev Tisha B’Av
Today is not a regular Friday. It is Erev Tisha B’Av, and although we do not mourn on Shabbat (thus the fast is put off until Sunday), we are still carrying on in a more minor key than usual. Add … Continue reading
Posted in Israel news, Judaism, Slice of Israeli life, Terrorism
Tagged Ahava Emunah Lange, Efraim Mirvis, Good News Friday, stabbing, terrorism, Tisha B'Av
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Tisha B’Av 5778 (2018)
Since the 9th day of Av fell yesterday, on Shabbat when we do not mourn, the fast itself was deferred to today, beginning last night at sundown and finishing at sundown tonight. Tisha Be’Av, the 9th day of the month … Continue reading
Posted in History, Israel news, Judaism, Terrorism
Tagged Gaza, Hamas, history, IDF, Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish people, Judaism, Tisha B'Av
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Thoughts for Friday Erev Tisha B’Av
Today is not a regular Friday. It is Erev Tisha B’Av, and although we do not mourn on Shabbat (thus the fast is put off until Sunday), we are still carrying on in a more minor key than usual. Therefore … Continue reading
Posted in Israel news, Judaism
Tagged Chief Rabbi, Efraim Mirvis, Good News Friday, Jerusalem, Judaism, Kotel, Shabbat, Temple, Tisha B'Av
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