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Tu Be'Av is is the fifteenth day of the month of Av. It is a day of celebration for many reasons and as a result we do not recite [[Tachanun]] it or the mincha beforehand. Chazal in fact state that it is one of the two happiest days of the year. It was the day when the Jewish people in the desert stopping dying in the plague as a result of the sin of the spies. It is was the day that the Jewish boys and girls would go out to the field to find a potential spouse to get married. It was the day that the tribes decided to make peace with Binyamin after they had a brutal civil war and almost wiped them out. It was the day that the wood that was donated during the summer for the Mizbe'ach in the Bet Hamikdash would be completed. It was the day on which the Jews were given permission to bury their dead in Beitar after the Romans massacred them and didn't let them bury their dead.<ref>Gemara Tanit | Tu Be'Av is is the fifteenth day of the month of Av. It is a day of celebration for many reasons and as a result we do not recite [[Tachanun]] it or the mincha beforehand. Chazal in fact state that it is one of the two happiest days of the year. It was the day when the Jewish people in the desert stopping dying in the plague as a result of the sin of the spies. It is was the day that the Jewish boys and girls would go out to the field to find a potential spouse to get married. It was the day that the tribes decided to make peace with Binyamin after they had a brutal civil war and almost wiped them out. It was the day that the wood that was donated during the summer for the Mizbe'ach in the Bet Hamikdash would be completed. It was the day on which the Jews were given permission to bury their dead in Beitar after the Romans massacred them and didn't let them bury their dead.<ref>Gemara Tanit 30b</ref> | ||
==Why is Tu Be'Av a Holiday?== | ==Why is Tu Be'Av a Holiday?== | ||
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The Vav (6) Key (5) from Hashem's four letter name, the Aleph (1) from Kiseh, His Chair, and the Yud (1) from Yerushalayim are all missing in the Torah until the coming of Mashiach. Together they add up to 22 (6+5+1+10). However, once the Mashiach will come we will again have these letters together with the Vav (6) from Eliyahu, which would make a complete set of 28. 28 is also associated with a complete moon, which is an analogy to the rebirth and restoration of the redemption of Klal Yisrael. Also, 28 is the miluy of the miluy of Hashem's name. See [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/965416/rabbi-ike-sultan/filling-the-void-in-our-hearts-hashem-s-name/ Rabbi Sultan on this topic] for more connections.</ref> and is highlighted on 22nd day from Shiva Asar BTamuz, which is [[Tisha B'av]] the day when the Bet Hamikdash was destroyed, is completed and restored on the 28th. | The Vav (6) Key (5) from Hashem's four letter name, the Aleph (1) from Kiseh, His Chair, and the Yud (1) from Yerushalayim are all missing in the Torah until the coming of Mashiach. Together they add up to 22 (6+5+1+10). However, once the Mashiach will come we will again have these letters together with the Vav (6) from Eliyahu, which would make a complete set of 28. 28 is also associated with a complete moon, which is an analogy to the rebirth and restoration of the redemption of Klal Yisrael. Also, 28 is the miluy of the miluy of Hashem's name. See [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/965416/rabbi-ike-sultan/filling-the-void-in-our-hearts-hashem-s-name/ Rabbi Sultan on this topic] for more connections.</ref> and is highlighted on 22nd day from Shiva Asar BTamuz, which is [[Tisha B'av]] the day when the Bet Hamikdash was destroyed, is completed and restored on the 28th. | ||
Similarly, the Apter Rav<ref>Bnei Yisaschar Mamarei Tamuz - Av 4:1 quoting Rav Avraham Yehoshua Heschel of Mezibush</ref> explains that the significance of the circle dance associated with Tu BeAv is that the ultimate dance of the days of Mashiach when the righteous will dance in a circle around Hashem, so to speak. Tu Be'Av refers to the 15th letter (Tu is gematria 15) in the Aleph Bet (Av spells Aleph Bet), which is Same'ach. The Same'ach is complete and round. A circle is a symbol of the day upon which the civil war ended and marriages were made because a circle is round without any beginning or end or conflict. | |||
Since the 25 of Elul is the day of the creation of the world, and according to the Arizal, it is the day of the creation of the world in actuality, then 40 days prior is when the thought of its concept was conjured in Hashem's mind, so to speak.<ref>Bnei Yisaschar Mamamarei Tamuz - Av 4:2. See also Or Gedalyahu Tu Bishvat.</ref> | |||
==Prayer== | ==Prayer== | ||
# [[Tachanun]] is omitted on Tu BeAv.<ref>Orchot Chaim 7, Derech HaChaim 38:10, Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 131:36, 459:26)</ref> | # [[Tachanun]] is omitted on Tu BeAv.<ref>Orchot Chaim 7, Derech HaChaim 38:10, Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 131:36, 459:26)</ref> | ||
