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Taanit: (literally "fast day") Talmudic tractate that discusses the procedure for the communal fasts that courts would institute in the event of drought in the Land of Israel, as well as the laws for the annual public fast days, commemorating the destruction of Jerusalem
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By Rabbi Menashe Wolf
By Rabbi Shea Werner
The bulk of the tractate of Taanis ("fast day") discusses the procedure for the communal fasts that courts would institute in the event of drought in the Land of Israel. The final chapter discusses the laws for the annual public fast days, commemorating t...
that they may ascend to wherever they wish, i.e., they may go to Jerusalem, Bethel, or Dan. Rav Mattana said: There was an additional salvation on this day, as it was the day that the slain of Beitar were brought to burial, several years after the battle ...
between the oven and the stove, which was considered the least respectable place in the house. And he would eat his bread, and drink a jug [kiton] of water with it, and in doing so he would resemble one whose deceased relative is laid out unburied before ...
derives from the phrase “her Festival” that acts of mirth and rejoicing are prohibited from the New Moon, which is considered like a Festival. And the one who said that these activities are prohibited during the entire month learns this from the phrase “h...
Rav Pappa said: Therefore, in the case of a Jew who has litigation with a gentile, let him avoid him in the month of Av, when the Jews’ fortune is bad, and he should make himself available in Adar, when his fortune is good. The Gemara mentions a couple of...
You want to destroy the Temple; I have given you your hand. It is as though one idol said to the other: You are seeking to destroy the Temple by causing Israel to pray to you; I, too, give you a hand to assist you. § The mishna taught: On the Ninth of Av,...
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