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#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 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 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 tribes decided to make peace with Binyamin after they had a brutal civil war and almost wiped them out.<ref>See Shu"t Chayim She'al 1:41</ref> | ||
#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 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> | #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> | ||
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#Some begin a series of forty days of fasting after Tu BeAv, corresponding to the forty days Moshe Rabbenu was on Har Sinai. Although those forty days begin with Rosh [[Chodesh Elul]], the series is begun earlier due to the days one may not fast, such as [[Shabbat]] and [[Rosh Chodesh]]. If one wants to space out the fasts even more, he must begin from after [[Tisha Be'Av]].<ref>Elya Zuta 581:9, Yosef Ometz (Yospa) Siman 496, Mishna Berurah 568:34</ref> | #Some begin a series of forty days of fasting after Tu BeAv, corresponding to the forty days Moshe Rabbenu was on Har Sinai. Although those forty days begin with Rosh [[Chodesh Elul]], the series is begun earlier due to the days one may not fast, such as [[Shabbat]] and [[Rosh Chodesh]]. If one wants to space out the fasts even more, he must begin from after [[Tisha Be'Av]].<ref>Elya Zuta 581:9, Yosef Ometz (Yospa) Siman 496, Mishna Berurah 568:34</ref> | ||
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# Even though Tu BeAv is referred to as a "Yom Tov" in the Gemara, one who takes a [[Nedarim|Neder]] not to eat meat on any day but [[Yom Tov]] may not eat on Tu BeAv.<ref>Shu"t Beit Mordechai 1:44</ref> | |||
==Torah Learning== | ==Torah Learning== | ||
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==Orlah== | ==Orlah== | ||
#Any seeds or saplings planted ''before'' Tu BeAv can count the following [[Rosh HaShana]] as the completion of the first year of the [[Orlah]] count, because it takes two weeks (from Tu BeAv to Rosh [[Chodesh Elul]]) for Halacha to recognize its integration into the ground and thirty days (the month of Elul) to count as a whole year. Anything planted ''after'' Tu BeAv must count a full year ending on the next [[Rosh Hashana]], not the approaching one.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah, Orlah 3:2)</ref> | #Any seeds or saplings planted ''before'' Tu BeAv can count the following [[Rosh HaShana]] as the completion of the first year of the [[Orlah]] count, because it takes two weeks (from Tu BeAv to Rosh [[Chodesh Elul]]) for Halacha to recognize its integration into the ground and thirty days (the month of Elul) to count as a whole year. Anything planted ''after'' Tu BeAv must count a full year ending on the next [[Rosh Hashana]], not the approaching one.<ref>Shulchan Aruch (Yoreh Deah 294:4-5), Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah, Orlah 3:2)</ref> | ||
#If one is unsure if the seed was planted before or after Tu BeAv, in Eretz Yisrael, he must be strict and count a full year, but in Chutz LaAretz, he may be lenient and count the forty-four days before [[Rosh HaShana]] as the first year.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah, Orlah 3:5)</ref> | #If one is unsure if the seed was planted before or after Tu BeAv, in Eretz Yisrael, he must be strict and count a full year, but in Chutz LaAretz, he may be lenient and count the forty-four days before [[Rosh HaShana]] as the first year.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah, Orlah 3:5)</ref> | ||
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===Working the Land During Shemita=== | ===Working the Land During Shemita=== | ||
#One may not prune Aravah bushes on Tu BeAv of Shemitah for them to grow long in time for [[Sukkot]].<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah, Sheviit 7:25)</ref> | #One may not prune Aravah bushes on Tu BeAv of Shemitah for them to grow long in time for [[Sukkot]]; however, if it was done, the Aravot may be used.<ref>Ohr LeTzion (Sheviit 1:19), Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah, Sheviit 7:25)</ref> | ||
#One who lives in an apartment building and cannot prevent work from being done on the apartments gardens during Shemita should tell the board that he wants his fees to go towards non-gardening expenses. Some say he should declare the garden Hefker in front of three people, and it is advisable to do so before Tu BeAv.<ref>Ma'amar Mordechai (Eliyahu, Sheviit 9:22)</ref> | #One who lives in an apartment building and cannot prevent work from being done on the apartments gardens during Shemita should tell the board that he wants his fees to go towards non-gardening expenses. Some say he should declare the garden Hefker in front of three people, and it is advisable to do so before Tu BeAv.<ref>Ma'amar Mordechai (Eliyahu, Sheviit 9:22)</ref> | ||
