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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: 5769
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
- From Rock Bottom to Bottoms Up, Jon Erlbaum - 5768
- Keeping The Experience With Us, Rabbi Yochanan Zweig - 5768
- Rebuilding the Temple, Rabbi Pinchas Winston - 5768
- When Moshiach Comes, Rabbi Label Lam - 5768
- 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
CHUKAS AND BALAK:
Parah Adumah: A Matter of Life and Death Rabbi Osher Chaim Levene - 5767
Coincidence? Rabbi Dovid Green - 5757
Tents Where Torah is Studied Shlomo Katz - 5767
Car Donation California A Local Call Rabbi Pinchas Winston - 5767
Our Relevance to the Infinite Rabbi Yosef Kalatzky - 5762
By Royal Appointment Rabbi Osher Chaim Levene - 5768
Do Not Pass Rabbi Pinchas Winston - 5769
The Sod Of A Best-Seller Rabbi Pinchas Winston - 5763
Snake Eyes Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky - 5758
 A Taste of the Ocean Rabbi Label Lam - 5758
The Red Heifer Reality Rabbi Aron Tendler - 5765
It Could Happen to You! Rabbi Yissocher Frand - 5758
 The Power of an Individual Rabbi Chaim Flom - 5767
The Sin of "Not Getting It" Rabbi Yissocher Frand - 5767
Uncommon Courtesy Rabbi Pinchas Avruch - 5766
An Idle Mind... Shlomo Katz - 5768
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