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- Tisha B'Av and The Three Weeks - Laws and rituals, essays, poetry, and Talmudic insights on this period of mourning. From Ohr Somayach yeshiva in Jerusalem.
- Tisha B'Av - The saddest day on the Jewish calendar. Collection of text and RealAudio material to help your observance and understanding of the day and the City it stands to mourn. From the Orthodox Union.
- Tisha B'av Basics - Simple overview of the history and observances. Features list of dates for upcoming years.
- Tisha B'Av and the Three Weeks - Halakha and Jewish thoughts on the meaning and observances of this period of mourning. From the Orthodox Union.
- Tisha B'av Resources - Features three PDFs dealing with customs and observances, text study of a mishnah in Masechet Taanit, and a Midrash of Megilat Eichah.
- Tisha BeAv - Essays on the role of Jerusalem in Jewish life, the holiday from an educator's perspective, and an online quiz. From the Jewish Agency's education department.
- Tisha Bav and Three Weeks in Sound - RealAudio classes about Tisha Bav and the three weeks leading up to it, including chanted versions of the Book of Lamentations (Eichah). From 613.org, a Hasidic audio website.
- Tisha Bav And The Three Weeks - Take a detailed tour of the Holy Temple, and discover how to observe this time of mourning. Includes history, current calendar, practical "How To" guide and insights into the significance of these dates from the wells of Chassidic wisdom. By Chabad.
- Story of Kamsa and Bar Kamsa - The classic story that gives the reason behind the destruction of the second Temple.
Wikipedia Articles
- Tisha B'Av - Tisha B'Av (Hebrew: תשעה באב or ט׳ באב), or the Ninth of Av, is an annual fast day in Judaism that falls in July or August. Its name denotes the ninth day (Tisha) of the Jewish month of Av.
- Kinnot - Kinnot (Hebrew: קינות; also kinoth, qinot, qinoth; singular kinah or qinah) are dirges (sad poems) or elegies traditionally recited by Jews on Tisha B'Av to mourn the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem and other tragedies in Jewish history, including the Crusades and the Holocaust. The Kinnot are recited on the night of Tisha B'Av after reciting the Book of Lamentations, which was also called "Kinnot" before it assumed ...
- The Three Weeks - ... of mourning commemorating the destruction of the first and second Jewish Temples]. The Three Weeks start on the seventeenth day of the Jewish month of [[Tammuz (month)|Tammuz — the fast of the Seventeenth of Tammuz — and end on the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av — the fast of Tisha B'Av, which occurs exactly three weeks later.
- The Nine Days - The Nine Days are the first nine days of the Jewish month of Av. They are days of intense mourning in Judaism culminating in Tisha B'Av.
- Menachem Zion - The Menachem Zion Synagogue located in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City, Jerusalem, Israel, was completed in 1837. Built by the Perushim, it was named after their leader Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Shklov and after the blessing of consolation recited on Tisha B'Av: "Blessed be He who consoles (menachem) Zion and rebuilds Jerusalem".