For the past 2000 years, the three weeks leading up to the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av has been a time of national mourning for the Jewish people

For the past 2000 years, the three weeks leading up to the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av has been a time of national mourning for the Jewish people for the destruction of the first and second Beitei HaMikdash (HolyTemples) in Jerusalem, and with it, the departure of G-d's revealed Divine Presence from the world..

For the past 2000 years, the Jewish people have been longing and praying for the destruction of the first and second Beitei HaMikdash (HolyTemples) in Jerusalem, and with it, the departure of G-d's revealed Divine Presence from the world..