Tisha b'Av in Jerusalem

Tisha B'Av in Jerusalem happens to a day of lamentation and mourning in the Jewish calendar. Tisha b'Av in Jerusalem commemorates the completion of three-week period of lamentation in memory of the destruction of both the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem popularly known as "bein ha-metzarim". Tisha b'Av in Jerusalem connotes the national time of mourning for the Jewish people. Restaurants and theaters also remain closed in Jerusalem on the eve of Tisha b'Av in Jerusalem. AsiaRooms.com offers a veritable mine of information about Tisha b'Av in Jerusalem.

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Tisha b'Av in Jerusalem bears much significance in the lives of the Jews in Jerusalem not only because the Temples in Jerusalem was destroyed on that day but also because their ancestors were driven out of their original land of habitat on that very day.

The word 'Tisha'refers to the ninth day in the Jewish month of 'Av'.The destruction of the First Temple and the Second Temple occurred in the month of Av. It is worthy of mentioning that when the first temple was destroyed in Jerusalem the Jews were expatriated to Babylonia. They eventually got a permission to return to Israel only fifty years later. But after the destruction of the Second Temple the Jews were driven out of Israel and were forcefully send to other foreign lands where they lived for the next 2,000 years. To add to the woes of the Jewish population various restrictions were imposed on them in the foreign lands. The exiled Jews were not allowed to possess land of their own.

They also were barred from engaging in certain professions. State sponsored attacks on the Jewish wealth and property was also very common.

Undoubtedly "the saddest day in Jewish history", the Tisha b' Av in Jerusalem marks the host of tragedies that were encountered by the Jewish community in Jerusalem.