Both the first and second Holy Temples which stood in
Jerusalem were destroyed on Av 9: the First Temple by the Babylonians in
the year 3338 from creation (423 BCE), and the second by the Romans in
3829 (69 CE).
The Temples' destruction represents the greatest tragedy in Jewish history, for it marks our descent into Galut the state of physical exile and spiritual displacement in which we still find ourselves today. Thus the Destruction is mourned as a tragedy that affects our lives today, 2,000 years later, no less than the very generation that experienced it first hand.
The Temples' destruction represents the greatest tragedy in Jewish history, for it marks our descent into Galut the state of physical exile and spiritual displacement in which we still find ourselves today. Thus the Destruction is mourned as a tragedy that affects our lives today, 2,000 years later, no less than the very generation that experienced it first hand.
THE CANVAS WALL
Kotel stones wall made with interaced stripes of natural hemp fibres.
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