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| Excavated stones from the Western Wall of the Temple Mount (Jerusalem, Israel), knocked onto the street below by Roman battering rams in 70 CE - "Ninth Av Stones Western Wall" by Wilson44691 - Own work Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons |
The second part of their newsletter message follows. (Tweet that!) You
can watch the video mentioned in my previous post:
The video comes one year after the Temple Institute appealed to our supporters to take part in an Indiegogo crowd funding campaign that raised over $100,000 for the architectural plans. This year, as you are aware, we have recently begun our equally important "Raise a Red Heifer in Israel" Indiegogo campaign. Over the past five years, the Temple Institute has unveiled our most ambitious campaigns and most poignant videos for the purpose of redefining the Tisha b'Av mourning period into one of active preparation for the Third Holy Temple.
I'm sure you noticed that Hebrew word: Tisha b'Av. I had to look it up. You can see the
word "Av" in it so since we've studied this here on the blog we can guess it
has to do with the 9th of Av…and it does! See how much we've
learned? I thought Wikipedia's definition of this Hebrew word was helpful:
Tisha B'Av: (lit. "the ninth of Av") (Hebrew: תשעה באב or ט׳ באב) is an annual fast day in Judaism which commemorates the anniversary of a number of disasters in Jewish history, primarily the destruction of both the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem.
Tisha B'Av is regarded as the saddest day in the Jewish calendar and a day which is destined for tragedy. Tisha B'Av falls in July or August in the Western calendar.
The observance of the day includes five prohibitions, most notable of which is a 25-hour fast. The Book of Lamentations, which mourns the destruction of Jerusalem is read in the synagogue, followed by the recitation of kinnot, liturgical dirges that lament the loss of the Temple and Jerusalem. As the day has become associated with remembrance of other major calamities which have befallen the Jewish people, some kinnot also recall events such as the murder of the Ten Martyrs, massacres in numerous medieval Jewish communities during the Crusades and the Holocaust.
Is it as amazing to you as it is
to me that The Temple Institute has as its goal turning the mourning of the 9th
of Av into the incredible joy of rebuilding the Temple? (Tweet that!)
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- Thursday, July 16, 2015: What might happen on the "9th of Av" = July 25, 2015 - Part 1
- Saturday, July 18, 2015: What might happen on the "9th of Av" = July 25, 2015 - Part 2
- Tuesday, July 21, 2015: What might happen on the "9th of Av" = July 25, 2015 - Part 3
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