This fast day stands out from the other three fasts related to the destruction of the Temples. It is so important because it marks the day when both Temples were destroyed – the First Temple by the Babylonians in 586 B.C.E. and the Second Temple by the Romans in 70 C.E. It is a major fast day and therefore bears some resemblance to the only other major fast in the Jewish liturgical cycle, Yom Kippur. The Tisha B’Av fast begins at sundown and continues until three stars are visible on the following night. The Midrash states that G-d marked the ninth of Av as a day of catastrophe because of the incident of the spies in the desert. Moses sent spies to the land of Canaan. and they returned with a report emphasizing the impossibility of conquering the Promised Land because of the strength of its inhabitants. The people. on hearing the spies’ report began to weep and complain about being taken out of Egypt. G-d declared, “You wept without cause. I will therefore make this day an eternal day of mourning for you. G-d then ordained the later destruction of the Temple on that day and condemned the generation who had left Egypt to wander for forty years in the desert and ultimately to death because they were unworthy of entering the Promised Land. Other catastrophes associated with Tisha B’av are the fall of Beitar ending the Bar Kochba rebellion (135 C.E.) and the expulsion of the Jews from England (1290) and from Spain (1492).”
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