בס''ד
 A Time of Sorrow

During the long hot days of summer, six weeks after Shavout, are The Three Weeks. A time of sorrow for the Jewish people. We are now in the second week of The Three Weeks.

The first day, the 17 Tammuz [July 19^th] was a day fast. The last day, the 9^th of Av, [August 9^th] is Tish B’Av. Starting from the previous evening, until the evening of the 9^th is a 25 hour fast. Seven weeks later, is the start of the Yamim Noraim [Days of Awe] beginning with Rosh Hashana and ending with Yom Kippur.

There are many laws pertaining to the three weeks.  To learn more about time, I would like to recommend The Three Weeks Aish 

A couple of years ago, I wrote a poem called Tish B"Av, A Day of Sorrow. 

A day of sorrow,

the 9th of Av.

corresponding this year to

August 9th

The blackest day,

we Jews know.

Hashem commanded us to fast

and to give up our comforts.

We read Megillah Eichah

Lamentations

And say kinot.

Why do we have this terrible day?

Is it because we cried for nothing so long ago?

Hashem said “you want to cry,

I’ll give you something to cry about.”

So many tragedies

have struck

the Jewish people 

on the 9^th of Av.

Many were murdered on the 9^th of Av

in pogroms and the Holocaust

for no other reason than

they were Jews. 

We have suffered all through our history

Moshiach, Moshiach, where are you?

“We need you now”, our people beg

To restore our nation to its glory.

 

Today we have our homeland

Eretz Yisrael.

The land Hashem promised to

Avraham Avinu.

Please, no more fighting

Jew against Jew

or speaking lashon hara.

An united front

is what is needed

to prove

that we are worthy

of His gift.

 

And Tish B’Av

will be no more…..

Have an easy fast.

Until next time

Miriam