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The Nine Days of Av are a time of commemoration and spiritual observance in Judaism during the first nine days of the Jewish month of Av (corresponding to July/August). The Nine Days begin on Rosh Chodesh Av ("First of Av") and culminates on the public fast day of Tisha B'Av ("Ninth of Av").

The Nine Days are part of a larger period of time known as The Three Weeks, which begin with the public fast day of the Seventeenth of Tammuz—commemorated in Judaism for the time when the forces of Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia broke through the defensive walls surrounding Jerusalem, generally accepted as happening in 586 BCE—and end with the public fast day of Tisha B'Av—when, according to the Mishna, the Babylonians destroyed the First Temple in 597 BCE and when the Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE. During the entire Three Weeks, certain activities are abstained by Jews observing Jewish law in order to commemorate, remember and inspire mourning over destruction of the Temple.

The Talmud says, "When the month of Av begins, we [i.e. Jews] reduce our joy."^[1] The Nine Days inaugurates an even greater level of communal and personal mourning in recognition of the many tragedies and calamities that befell the Jewish people at this time.^[2] The Nine Days are considered an inauspicious time even in our day and age.^[2]

Rather than view the Three Weeks and the Nine Days as times of punishment and self-mortification, some Jewish teachings see them as opportunities for introspection, repentance, and forging a closer relationship with God.^[3] The Talmud states that all who mourn the destruction of Jerusalem will merit to rejoice in its rebuilding.^[4] The Sages also teach that the Jewish Messiah will be born on Tisha B'Av.^[5] It is that promise of redemption which nevertheless makes this period one of hope and anticipation in Judaism.

^ Mishnah Ta'anit 26b.
^ ^a ^b Barclay, Rabbi Elozor; Jaeger, Rabbi Yitzchok (2003). Guidelines: Over Four Hundred of the Most Commonly Asked Questions About the Three Weeks. Targum Press. ISBN 1-56871-254-5.
^ "Three Weeks Laws and Customs: From Destruction to Renewal". chabad.org. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
^ Ta'anit 30b.
^ Jerusalem Talmud, Berachot 2:4; Eichah Rabbah 1:51.

[1] Mishnah Ta'anit 26b.

[Barclay-2] Barclay, Rabbi Elozor; Jaeger, Rabbi Yitzchok (2003). Guidelines: Over Four Hundred of the Most Commonly Asked Questions About the Three Weeks. Targum Press. ISBN 1-56871-254-5.

[laws-3] "Three Weeks Laws and Customs: From Destruction to Renewal". chabad.org. Retrieved 14 July 2010.

[4] Ta'anit 30b.

[5] Jerusalem Talmud, Berachot 2:4; Eichah Rabbah 1:51.

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