This holiday shares many of the same prohibitions as Yom Kippur, but only certain sections of the Torah can be studied on this day.
This holiday shares many of the same prohibitions as Yom Kippur, but only certain sections of the Torah can be studied on this day. In the three-week period leading up to it, Bein ha-M'tsarim, haircuts and buying clothes other than socks or underwear are prohibited, and the period beginning with Rosh Hodesh or "beginning of the month" is a period of mourning. Often preceded by Seder ha-Mafseket, important events such as the declaration of the First Crusade and the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, as well as the burning of the first two temples, are supposed to have occurred on this most tragic day for the Jews. FTP, name this holiday which falls on a certain day in the second week of a Jewish month.
This holiday shares many of the same prohibitions as Yom Kippur, but only certain sections of the Torah can be studied on this day.
{Ninth }of {Av} or {Tisha B’Av}