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Tisha B'Av The ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av, falling this year Monday night August 8 through August 9, is a sad day, a day of communal mourning.
Rabbi Edward Bernstein: Tisha B'Av: Moving Toward Boundless Love Of The Earth Rabbi Edward Bernstein 2011
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In this light, I think Tisha B'Av represents a great opportunity for our community.
Rabbi Edward Bernstein: Tisha B'Av: Moving Toward Boundless Love Of The Earth Rabbi Edward Bernstein 2011
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The 15th of Av — known in Hebrew as Tu B'Av — is mentioned in the Babylonian Talmud, a compendium of Jewish oral law and stories about 1,500 years old.
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In this light, I think Tisha B'Av represents a great opportunity for our community.
Rabbi Edward Bernstein: Tisha B'Av: Moving Toward Boundless Love Of The Earth Rabbi Edward Bernstein 2011
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With the symbolism of boundless hatred and disrespect as the backdrop for the day, my hope is that Tisha B'Av can inspire us toward boundless love and respect for the earth that sustains us and the human beings, animals and plants that surround us.
Rabbi Edward Bernstein: Tisha B'Av: Moving Toward Boundless Love Of The Earth Rabbi Edward Bernstein 2011
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The 15th of Av — known in Hebrew as Tu B'Av — is mentioned in the Babylonian Talmud, a compendium of Jewish oral law and stories about 1,500 years old.
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We have a clear tradition of Tu B'Av as the holiday when the daughters of Israel would go out and dance in the vineyards, and they would invite the boys, in short, to take them as brides, according to Dr. Ruhama Weiss, professor of Talmud at Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem.
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The Jewish holy day of Tisha B'Av marks the destruction of the biblical temples.
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We have a clear tradition of Tu B'Av as the holiday when the daughters of Israel would go out and dance in the vineyards, and they would invite the boys, in short, to take them as brides, according to Dr. Ruhama Weiss, professor of Talmud at Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem.
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On Yom Kippur, we take stock of our individual misdeeds, while Tisha B'Av is a time to take stock of our failings as a community.
Rabbi Edward Bernstein: Tisha B'Av: Moving Toward Boundless Love Of The Earth Rabbi Edward Bernstein 2011
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