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Tisha B'Av
translates as the "ninth of Av" (Av, from Jewish calendar,
this year it falls on August 10,
2008), and ends a three-week period of semi-mourning which starts
with the Fast of Tammuz. The ninth of Av, however, is the peak
of this mourning period, where tradition prevents our people
from shaving, eating, and entertainment. The reason for this
distress is remembrance of events that have happened in the
lives of the Jewish people. The rabbis...
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