Tisha B’Av, the Day Two Temples were Destroyed
Tisha B’Av, the Day Two Temples were Destroyed Tisha B’Av means the 9th day of the Jewish month of Av, and on this day some 2000 years ago, the temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans. Remarkably, it happened on exactly the same date in the Jewish calendar as Solomon’s temple was destroyed by the Babylonians some 650 years before. The ground was levelled, sown with salt, and rendered desolate. The Jewish people no longer had access to the sacrificial system of atonement and encountering God that once was theirs. They were utterly banished from holy place where God had chosen… Подробнее »Tisha B’Av, the Day Two Temples were Destroyed