Tisha B'Av: All about Jerusalem

[rylah]

The story of Rachel's tears

There's a house in Israel standing in ruins, no matter how big or small Your home is, no matter how much new villages we build - nothing compares to the most important one.
It's about why we lost it, and what was actually lost in the experience of this world, personally on a daily basis and as as a human society in whole.

Tisha B'Av is promised to turn into a the happiest holiday, but until then we mourn.
This year Tisha B'Av falls on Shabat, and is moved to the 1st day of the week, starting with the night after Shabat ends, ending on the evening after the 1st day of the week.
So remember there's no mourning on Shabat, we study and eat as kings, when Shabat ends we enter a day long fast, we mourn and we cry for Jerusalem and try our best to give free appreciation to our brothers,
for "everyone who mourns over Jerusalem is promised to see her rebuilt" (Hz"l)

 

[Sunni Man]

Is this when the Jews swing a live chicken over their head? ...

 

[USAF 2023]

Is this when the Jews swing a live chicken over their head? ...

Yes.,,, Just before the Arabs behead someone.

 

[MJB12741]

The story of Rachel's tears

There's a house in Israel standing in ruins, no matter how big or small Your home is, no matter how much new villages we build - nothing compares to the most important one.
It's about why we lost it, and what was actually lost in the experience of this world, personally on a daily basis and as as a human society in whole.

Tisha B'Av is promised to turn into a the happiest holiday, but until then we mourn.
This year Tisha B'Av falls on Shabat, and is moved to the 1st day of the week, starting with the night after Shabat ends, ending on the evening after the 1st day of the week.
So remember there's no mourning on Shabat, we study and eat as kings, when Shabat ends we enter a day long fast, we mourn and we cry for Jerusalem and try our best to give free appreciation to our brothers,
for "everyone who mourns over Jerusalem is promised to see her rebuilt" (Hz"l)

One ray of sunshine. This too is lamented in Tisha B'Av.

The armies of Medes under Darius and the armies of Persia under Cyrus march into Babylon and conquer it. The Babylonian Empire ceases to exist and it is now absorbed by the new Persian Empire.

So what do we have in that part of the world, just to keep it straight? First Assyria, then Babylon, then Persia ― they were all great Mesopotamian empires, one after the other, all interacting with the Jewish people.

In 370 BCE Cyrus issues a decree allowing all the indigenous peoples that had been exiled by the now-defunct Babylonian empire to go back to their homeland. One copy of this decree is on display at the British Museum, and although this version does not specifically mention the Jews, they are included as we learn from the Book of Ezra:

In the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, upon the conclusion of the Lord’s prophecy, by the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord aroused the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, and he issued a proclamation throughout his kingdom – and in writing as well, saying, “Thus said Cyrus the King of Persia, ‘All the kingdoms of the earth has the Lord, God of heaven, given to me and He has commanded me to build him a Temple in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever is among you of His entire people – may his God be with him – and let him go to Jerusalem which is in Judah and build the Temple of the Lord...” (Ezra 1:3)

 

[MJB12741]

Is this when the Jews swing a live chicken over their head? ...

Just curious Sunni Man. When you were just a tiny baby, did someone stick their thumb in your soft spot?

 

[USAF 2023]

Is this when the Jews swing a live chicken over their head? ...

Just curious Sunni Man. When you were just a tiny baby, did someone stick their thumb in your soft spot?

He prefers beheadings. It’s his culture

 

[rylah]

An amazing picture taken about half a century ago: President Shazar holds a candle in his hand and laments the destruction of the Temple in the synagogue in Kfar Chabad, with the elders of the Hasidim and his military adjutant

 

[rylah]

 

[Ria_Longhorn]

The Alexanderer, Rabbi Hanoch Heynech HaCohen Levin (1790-1870) was present at a banquet in celebration of the completion of a Talmudic treatise, held during the mournful period before the Ninth of Av. He spoke as follows:

"It has been customary to set aside this period for sad contempletation regarding the destruction of the Temple. We Hasidim, however, do not hesitate to hold banquets during these days. We say: there was a Temple in days gone by; there will be a Temple in days to come. Let me narrate to you a parable in this connection:

" ' King Solomon, according to a Talmudic tale, [1] lost his throne to Ashmedai, the King of the Demons. He was compelled to escape from Jerusalem and to wander about among the villages. He chanced to come to a wealthy farmer who believed his statement to the effect that he was the King. The farmer gave a banquet in his honor, but bewailed his mournful lot so dolefully that Solomon was unable to partake of the viands set before him.

" ' On leaving the rich man's house, Solomon encountered a poor peasant, and related his misfortunes. The peasant comforted him, and persuaded him not to lose hope of restoration to the throne.
"Thou has been king, and thou shalt be king," said the peasant with confidence. Solomon's heart rejoiced once more, and he ate with zest the frugal meal served him by the peasant. He found more to his taste the dry bread of the peasant than the luxurious viands of the wealthy farmer.'

"In the same fashion we Hasidim do not feel we please the King of Kings by overabundant sadness and gloom during these nine days.
The L-rd was King in Zion, and He will again be King in Zion."

[1] Gittin 68

 

[Roudy]

It's always been about Jerusalem, including the Crusades and the Holy Jihads. Jerusalem has been the big prize for many invaders and conquerors.

 

[USAF 2023]

It's always been about Jerusalem, including the Crusades and the Holy Jihads. Jerusalem has been the big prize for many invaders and conquerors.

AND WE WON !!!!!’ To those who don’t like it