Thursday, July 30, 2009
Tisha B'Av
30 July 2009: Tisha B'Av (Hebrew: Ninth of Av) is a Jewish holiday which commemorates the two destructions of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem (586 BCE and 70 CE). The holiday is observed as a day of fasting and contemplation.
Labels:
contemplation,
fasting,
Jerusalem,
Judaism,
religious holiday,
Temple,
Tisha B'Av
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