On the
9th of Av throughout history many tragedies befell the Israelites/Jewish people,
including:
- The incident of the
spies slandering the land of Israel with the subsequent decree to wander
the desert for 40 years.
- The destruction of the
first Temple in Jerusalem by Nevuchadnetzar, King of Babylon in 423 BCE.
- The destruction of the
Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 CE.
- The fall of Betar and
the end of the Bar Kochba revolt against the Romans 65 years later, 135
CE.
- Pope Urban II declared
the First Crusade. Tens of thousands of Jews were killed, and many Jewish
communities obliterated.
- The Jews of England were
expelled in 1290.
- The Jews of Spain were
expelled in 1492.
- World War One broke out
on Tisha B'Av in 1914 when Russia declared war on Germany. German
resentment of the Treaty of Versailles set the stage for World War II and
the Holocaust.
- On Tisha B'Av,
deportation began of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto.
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Shalom!
few years later.