The contradiction in that sentence is the crux of the next holiday – the 17th of Tammuz (Shivah Asar b’Tammuz)– which marks the breach of the walls of Jerusalem before the Temple’s final destruction ...

On Tuesday, Jews commemorate the 17th of Tammuz. The day is a fast day in which we recall the breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the Second Temple’s destruction. In addition, in Yirmiyahu ...

One doesn’t have to be superstitious to recognize facts. It is a historical fact that the period between the seventeenth of Tammuz and the tenth of Av was plagued by recurring tragedies. The door to ...

The day of Shiva Asar B'Tammuz is known as the day that Moshe Rabeinu broke the first tablets, Luchot HaBrit. We know that there is a difference between the first and second set of tablets. The major ...

FIVE MISFORTUNES BEFELL OUR FATHERS ON THE SEVENTEENTH OF TAMMUZ : THE TABLES [OF THE LAW] WERE SHATTERED, THE DAILY OFFERING WAS DISCONTINUED, A BREACH WAS MADE IN THE CITY AND APOSTOMOS BURNED THE ...