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The fast of Tisha B’av is to commemorate five tragedies which occurred to the Jewish nation: | The fast of Tisha B’av is to commemorate five tragedies which occurred to the Jewish nation: | ||
# The Jews of the desert were told that they would not enter Eretz Yisrael following the sin of the spies. | |||
# The first Bet HaMikdash was destroyed. | |||
# The second Bet HaMikdash was destroyed. | |||
# Beitar, a city filled with over 10,000 Jews was captured and destroyed by the Romans during the Bar Kochva rebellion. | |||
# Turnus Rufus plowed the area of the heichal. <ref> Mishna Taanit 26b, Rambam Hilchot Taaniyot 5:3, Chayei Adam 133:5, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 121:5, Mishna Brurah 549:2 </ref> | |||
This article is specifically about the fast of the ninth of Av. To learn about any of the other fast days [[Fast Days|click here]]. | |||
==Fasting== | ==Fasting== | ||
# It is forbidden for all men of bar mitzvah age and women of bat mitzvah age to partake in eating or drinking on the Tisha BeAv. The fast begins at shkiat hachamah of the 8th of Av and ends at Tzet Hakochavim of the 9th of Av. <ref>Mishna Brurah 554:1, Yalkut Yosef (Moadim p. 577), Halachot and History of The [[Three Weeks]], The Akkad Edition, Congregation Shaare Rahamim Halachot Series. | # It is forbidden for all men of bar mitzvah age and women of bat mitzvah age to partake in eating or drinking on the Tisha BeAv. The fast begins at shkiat hachamah of the 8th of Av and ends at Tzet Hakochavim of the 9th of Av. <ref>Mishna Brurah 554:1, Yalkut Yosef (Moadim p. 577), Halachot and History of The [[Three Weeks]], The Akkad Edition, Congregation Shaare Rahamim Halachot Series. | ||
