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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
SUKKOS:
The Source of Our Blessings
Rabbi Label Lam - 5763
Pursuit Of Peace
Rabbi Shlomo Jarcaig - 5764
Finding the Real You
Rabbi Eliyahu Hoffmann - 5759
 Staying Focused
Rabbi Pinchas Avruch - 5762
Count Your Blessings
Rabbi Pinchas Avruch - 5764
Stories that Teach
Rabbi Yehudah Prero - 5760
Permanent Assets
Rabbi Moshe Peretz Gilden - 5766
A Reality Check
Rabbi Yehudah Prero - 5766
The Time of Our Happiness
Rabbi Chaim Flom - 5768
Shaking Up Our Priorities
Rabbi Eliyahu Hoffmann - 5763
Basics
Rabbi Raymond Beyda - 5764
Torah Vs. TV
Rabbi Yaakov Menken - 5759
Learn to Love from the LULOV!
Rabbi Label Lam - 5765
Time Capsules
Rabbi Naftali Reich - 5767
Jewish Citizenship
Rabbi Naftali Reich - 5768
Not Competition, Composition!
Rabbi Label Lam - 5763
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