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Tisha b'av facts for kids

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Tisha b'av is a fast day in Judaism. On this day multiple disasters happened, mainly the destruction of the First Temple and the Second Temple.

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  • PikiWiki Israel 3434 9 av kotel

    Reading kinnot at the Western Wall

  • Tish'a B'av 1887

    Lamenting in the synagogue, 1887

  • יהודים מתפללים בבית הכנסת בליל ט' באב (גלויה)

    Jews pray in a synagogue on Tisha B'av. Painted by Maurycy Trębacz and published in 1903. From the collection of the National Library of Israel

  • NinthAvStonesWesternWall

    Excavated stones from the Western Wall of the Temple Mount (Jerusalem, Israel), knocked onto the street below by Roman battering rams in 70 AD

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Tisha b'Av para niños

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