Scientists used recorded data to link the Holy Temple's destruction on a specific date in 586 BCE to measurements of the earth's magnetic field on that day.
Despite any UNESCO resolutions or Muslim claims undermining the profound Jewish ties to Jerusalem and the Temple Mount, the Jewish people WILL win this struggle!
As we pray at the Western Wall and gaze up at the Temple Mount, we cannot help but wonder why there is no Holy Temple today. Does it have anything to do with the slanderous report of the spies in the times of Moses?
From the sin of spies, to the destruction of both Holy Temples, to the Crusades and the Holocaust, learn why Tisha B'av is an eternal day of Jewish tragedy and destruction.
Tisha b’Av commemorates a great number of calamities in Jewish history, but we focus primarily on the destruction of Jerusalem and the two Holy Temples.
Not just the Jewish People, but all people who long for global peace and harmony should hope and pray for the rebuilding of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.
The Temple’s bricks and stone have been destroyed, but the Divine Promise still stands. The Temple will be rebuilt and until that day Zion will never be forgotten.
On their wedding day, Jewish grooms take a moment amid the joy and celebration to break a glass in commemoration of the two Jewish Temples that were destroyed.
Despite Arab rioting, almost 2,000 Jews ascended the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site, on Tisha b'Av, the day commorating the destruction of the Holy Temple.
It's hard to imagine how the divided Jerusalem of 52 years ago has changed from a city squeezed into a narrow corridor to the large and vibrant city of today.
Jews in Israel and around the world observe Tisha B’Av, a day of fasting and intense mourning for the destruction of both Holy Temples and the Jewish exile.