Many people remain most concerned during this time period – as a historical time of calamity for the Jewish people. The ultimate calamity being the destruction of the first and second Temples in Jerusalem. Many consider it an inauspicious time. A time of bad luck. This is a difficult concept to understand and I want to dive deep into this concept. Do Jews really believe in bad luck?
The Gemara in Taanis seems to me to make two main points on the topic of Tisha B’Av (the 9 th of Av) while in the process of figuring out exactly when the Bais Hamikdash was destroyed. At least that was my impression of the process. The first point is the well known cheyt (sin) of the meraglim (the biblical spies who were sent into the land Canaan) – Klal Yisroel cried when the meraglim returned with their report on Eretz Yisroel (the land of Israel). The reason why it was a cheyt is because even though Has
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