I’ve Heard of Bad Days…But Come On!

Tisha B’Av (the ninth of Av) begins at sundown Wednesday (July 29). According to a Talmudic passage (Taanit 26a), five things happened in history on this date:

(1) The Exodus generation was told they would die in the desert.

(2) The first Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians (586 B.C.E.).

(3) The second Temple was destroyed by the Romans (70 C.E.).

(4) Bar Kochba’s fortress was destroyed by the Romans, ending the second Jewish revolt (136 C.E.).

(5) The city of Jerusalem was plowed under.

HT: (Messianic Jewish Musings)