Castle Walls, City Walls, Cemetery Walls, Temple Walls
July 26th 2015 In the Jewish calendar today, Sunday, is the ninth day of the month of Av. It began on Saturday evening and it is considered the saddest day of the year. It commemorates a number of calamities in Jewish history, and is the culmination of a three week period of solemnity. Apart from Yom Kippur it is the only fast day in Judaism that lasts a full twenty five hours. The Talmud cites it as the day whe
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