The Sinai Connection: Parshat Devarim, Shiva Asar B’Tammuz &...
What is the common theme among the 5 events that happened on the 17th of Tammuz? What is the common theme among the 5 events that happened on the Tisha B’Av?
Jul 23, 2009
By Esther Wein
Bayit Sheini Timeline
3338/423 B.C.E. Destruction of First Temple and beginning of Babylonian Exile 3389/372 B.C.E. Babylon falls to Medes and Persians under Darius the Mede and Cyrus the Great of Persia 3391/370 B.C.E....
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By OU Staff
History and Laws of the Fast of Shiva Asar...
The 17th day in the Jewish month of Tammuz, Jews the world over fast and lament to commemorate the many calamities that have befallen our people on this ominous day. The...
Jun 26, 2006
By OU Staff
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