A Reminder to Pray for Jerusalem🇮🇱
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July 27, 2023 at 5:38 amFather, You love the nation of Israel and they are your chosen people the Jews. They are engraved on the palms of Your hands. We pray for protection, blessing, and peace. 🙏🏻❤️🕊
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July 27, 2023 at 5:45 amIf I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill. This verse, Psalm 137:5, is often associated with Tisha B’Av (9th of Av), the saddest date on the Jewish calendar. Today, Thursday, July 27, 2023,
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July 27, 2023 at 5:46 amJews around the world will observe this time of great mourning, as they remember the destruction of both the first and second temples. Revered in Judaism as a tragic day, the 9th of Av is commemorated through fasting and sincere prayer, which is meant to bring the hearts of the Jewish people back to the Lord.
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July 27, 2023 at 5:47 amBelievers plead with God for the restoration of their lives, heritage and homeland. In traditional Judaism it’s taught that the destruction of the temples represents the judgment and punishment of God, which was carried out because of disobedience, unfaithfulness, and idolatry.
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July 27, 2023 at 5:48 amAs a form of repentance, many Jews will observe a day of fasting where they do not bathe, eat, drink, laugh,
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July 27, 2023 at 5:49 amBefore the fast, some observers will eat a hard-boiled egg with a bit of ash sprinkled on top. In the synagogue, portions of the books of Lamentations, Job, and Jeremiah are read. Prayers and readings are recited in a mournful tone.
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July 27, 2023 at 5:51 amThis solemn day of weeping and fasting has a history that goes way back–all the way back to the biblical Promised Land. According to Jewish tradition, it was on the 9th of Av that the first generation of Israelites (those who were over the age of 20 and were freed from the bondage of Egypt) were denied the right to enter the Promised Land.
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July 27, 2023 at 5:52 amWhy? Because they believed the bad report of the ten spies, rather than being obedient to God and clinging to his promises. As a result, God declared they would wander the desert for forty years.
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July 27, 2023 at 5:53 amThe Israelites would eventually enter the Promised Land and they would be ruled by both judges and kings.
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July 27, 2023 at 5:53 amTheir crown and glory, however, would be the temples which were created as a holy place to worship God.
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July 27, 2023 at 5:54 amBuilt by King Solomon, the first temple was destroyed by the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B.C., while the second temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 A.D. These grave calamities, both occurring on the same biblical date (9th of Av), gave the Jewish people pause as they reflected on the circumstances which led to such utter and complete devastation.
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July 27, 2023 at 5:55 amOther tragic events would follow the destruction of the temples, adding to the list of reasons to mourn.
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July 27, 2023 at 5:56 amOn the 9th of Av in 135 A.D., the Jewish Bar Kokhba revolt against the Romans was crushed under the leadership of the cruel Emperor Hadrian. Hundreds of thousands of Jews were slaughtered.
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July 27, 2023 at 5:57 amOn the same date, the temple area and its surroundings were plowed under by the Roman general Turnus Rufus.
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July 27, 2023 at 5:57 amAfterward Jerusalem would be rebuilt, but as a pagan city that was renamed Aelia Capitolina.
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July 27, 2023 at 5:58 amThe above events are sad enough, but there’s even more to explore. History shows that not only is the 9th of Av tied to destruction and tragedy, but it also leaves a mark of persecution, pain, and even murder.
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July 27, 2023 at 6:00 amOne such example happened on the 9th of Av in 1190. On this day the entire Jewish population of York, England was massacred due to anti-Jewish pogroms where Jews were accused of “blood libel.” From this point on, times of great persecution would continue throughout England.
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July 27, 2023 at 6:01 amEventually the Jewish people were banished on the 9th of Av by King Edward in 1290. The country of Spain would follow in England’s footsteps in 1492 by expelling the Jews from Spain during the Spanish Inquisition.
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July 27, 2023 at 6:02 amJews were given the choice of exile or baptism. Sadly, the 9th of Av became the final day for all Jews who had not converted to leave Spain or face certain death.
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July 27, 2023 at 6:02 amWhile many people may not be familiar with the Inquisitions and pogroms, they are likely aware of the Holocaust, which resulted in the deaths of over six million Jews.
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July 27, 2023 at 6:04 amThe cruelty and inhumanity that was unleashed upon the Jewish population is difficult to understand. Yet, it was during this time that the 9th of Av cast a long shadow that would live in the memories of Holocaust survivors and their families. On August 2, 1941 (9th of Av) SS Commander Heinrich Himmler formerly received approval from the Nazi Party for the Final Solution.
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July 27, 2023 at 6:05 amIn 1942, the Nazis began mass deportations of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to the Treblinka extermination camp on the 9th of Av.
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July 27, 2023 at 6:07 amInterestingly enough, the world’s largest wars have a connection to the 9th of Av. For example, Germany entered WW1 on August 1-2, 1914, which fell on this fateful day of the Jewish calendar. Though bloody and destructive, WW1 led to the formation of the modern state of Israel because the British gained control of the lands of the Ottoman Empire. Some of this land would be divided up and set aside for the Jewish people. In 1917, the Balfour Declaration would be signed and the plans for a future Jewish home would be set in motion.
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July 27, 2023 at 6:08 amThese plans, of course, would not come to full fruition until after World War 2 and the aftermath of the Holocaust.
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July 27, 2023 at 6:09 amAt present time Israel is still in the crosshairs of tragedy and persecution. In fact, on August 15, 2005 (one day after the 9th of Av), the disengagement of the Gaza Strip began. Over 8,000 Jewish people were forced to leave their homes as their land was given to the Palestinians.
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