A new research project sheds light on the power of the Roman army and the locations of their attack on Jerusalem in the battle that led to the destruction of the Second Temple.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
When Tisha b’Av falls on Shabbat and is thereby postponed, we are treated to a Divine 'wink' of sorts and merit to experience a 'taste' of the Messianic era.
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.
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?
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.
Could a misunderstanding end up destroying the Holy Temple? Who were Kamtza and Bar Kamtza? What do they have to do with Tisha b'Av? What can we learn from their mistakes?
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 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.