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About the month of Av: Important facts and figures
Tish'ah
be-Av (Ninth of Av): A day of mourning
for the destruction of the Temple
A dirge for Tish'ah be-Av:
The signs of the zodiac bewail the fate of Jerusalem
Anonymous
By
the rivers of Babylon (
* audio recording * )
Music
by Salomone Rossi (17th cent.) / performed by the Zamir Chorale of Boston
Collective memory and
archetypal thinking: How Jewish group memory was preserved through
the ages
David G. Roskies
Tu be-Av (Fifteenth of Av):
A day for love and rejoicing
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This
month is often called by the expanded name "Menahem Av" instead
of the simpler "Av." . The Hebrew word "Menahem" means
the Comforter and "Av" means "father." Therefore, the name "Menachem
Av" could mean "the comforting father" a reference to
God who is visualized as comforting the Jewish people after the
tragedies suffered in this month. |
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