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What was the first American
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Grief,
Etched
In Our
Hearts
With a fast,
special
prayers and
maiming
traditions,
Jews mark the
tragedies that
have befallen
our people.
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Elizabeth Applebaum
AppleTiee Editor
or hundreds of generations, the
Jewish people have paused for
one day to remember the tragedy
that has befallen us and the anguish we
have endured. That day is the ninth day
of the Jewish month of Av — known by
its Hebrew name, Tisha b'Av ("nine in
Av"). This year, the day coincides with
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July is a period of
fasting and mourning,
when we recall past
sins and consider ways
to make improvements.
sundown on Wednesday, July 21, until
sundown of Thursday, July 22.
Traditionally, Judaism looks upon the tor-
ment of the Jewish people as stemming '
from a single cause: the sinfulness that led
to the destruction of the Temple in
Jerusalem in 70 C.E., with its subsequent
loss of Jewish sovereignty and the scatter-
ing of the Jews throughout the world.
Had the Jews not forsaken the Torah
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