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Three Weeks
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The 17th of Tammuz: When the Walls Were Breached
The Fast of the 17th of Tammuz marks the day the walls of Jerusalem were breached — the beginning of the end for the Second Temple. It opens the Three Weeks, a period of intensifying mourning that culminates on Tisha B'Av.
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The Three Weeks: A Season of Mourning Between Destruction and Hope
The Three Weeks — from the 17th of Tammuz to Tisha B'Av — are a period of escalating mourning in the Jewish calendar. No weddings, no music, no haircuts — and during the final Nine Days, no meat or swimming. It is grief on a communal schedule.
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