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The fast days of 17 Tammuz and 9 Av, and the time between them, commemorate the tragic process of the destruction of the two Holy Temples in Jerusalem.
The fast of the 17th of Tammuz, the day of the breaching of the walls of Jerusalem, marks the beginning of the Three Weeks". The fast of the 9th of Av, commemorates the day of the actual destruction by fire of the Holy Temple, and is the last day of the Three Weeks. The three weeks is a period of mourning over these destructions.
The Three Weeks, for the year 5768 / 2007-2008, begin on July 20, 2008 (17th of Tammuz), and continue through August 10, 2008 (9th of
Av).
View the Jewish calendar for this year: 5768
Divrei Torah On The Three Weeks
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The 17th of Tammuz
The Three Weeks
Tisha B'Av
Tu B'Av
Other Classes from Torah.org about The Three Weeks
- Learning to Love What Is!, Rabbi Label Lam - 5767
- About This We Cry!, Rabbi Label Lam - 5766
- In a Month We Call -“Av”, Rabbi Label Lam - 5765
- The Red Heifer Reality, Rabbi Aron Tendler - 5765
- What Are We Mourning on the Ninth of Av, Rabbi Yosef Kalatzky - 5765
- Forgotten Oaths, Rabbi Aron Tendler - 5764
- In Other Words, Shlomo Katz - 5764
- In Our Best Interest, Rabbi Elly Broch - 5764
- Only the Shadow Knows, Rabbi Aron Tendler - 5764
- What Are We Missing On Tisha B'Av?, Rabbi Label Lam - 5764
- The Darkest Corner, Rabbi Label Lam - 5763
- The Eye Generation, Rabbi Pinchas Winston - 5763
- Personal Judge, Rabbi Yaakov Menken - 5762
- A Day of Rebuilding, Rabbi Label Lam - 5761
- How?, Rabbi Yisroel Ciner - 5761
- Murphy's Day, Rabbi Pinchas Winston - 5761
- Unquestioned Answers, Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky - 5761
- Fix the World, Rabbi Yaakov Menken - 5759
- Kamtza and Bar-Kamtza, Rabbi Yisroel Ciner - 5758
- The Nine Days of Mourning, Rabbi Dovid Green - 5758
For any comments, questions or topic requests, please contact Rabbi Yehudah Prero.
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ARTICLES ON
BEHAR AND THE OMER:
Doing It MyWay!
Rabbi Aron Tendler - 5763
No, Israel is not for Sale
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What's an Omer?
Rabbi Yehudah Prero - 5755
How do YOU Spell Relief: B-R-I-S-A-V-O-S
Rabbi Pinchas Winston - 5764
No One to Hide From
Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky - 5758
A Back-Handed Compliment
Rabbi Yisroel Ciner - 5759
The Counting of the Omer
Rabbi Yehudah Prero - 5755
... But We're Afraid To Ask
Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky - 5756
Da'as in the Wind
Rabbi Pinchas Winston - 5766
 This Very Earth
Rabbi Label Lam - 5764
A Realistic View of Life
Rabbi Berel Wein - 5767
Paying it Forward
Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky - 5765
Sh'mittah Revisited
Rabbi Pinchas Winston - 5763
Home Free - For All
Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky - 5757
The Tests of Chukim and Mishpatim
Rabbi Yissocher Frand - 5757
The Peace We Seek
Rabbi Label Lam - 5767
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