Judicial overhaul opponents see parallel to Tisha B'Av, saddest day in Hebrew year
Image reading 'Shisha B'Av' circulates online to mark Hebrew day Knesset passed overhaul bill, drawing link to destruction of Temples
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Image reading 'Shisha B'Av' circulates online to mark Hebrew day Knesset passed overhaul bill, drawing link to destruction of Temples
From the blog of Scott Copeland at The Times of Israel
Scientists have studied the charred remains from an elite building that burned down to gain insight into the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E. .
By keeping alive these bitter memories of our exile, and teaching them to our children, we hope both to prevent their recurrence and to recognize the miraculous continuity of our existence.
Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster reflects on Deuteronomy and the significance for the Israelites of entering the Promised Land.