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In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Kislev. The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-Melek, together with their men, to entreat the Lord by asking the priests of the house of the Lord Almighty and the prophets, “Should I mourn and fast in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”(Zechariah 7:1-3)Notice that Zechariah carefully dates this prophecy, rooting it in a historical incident, two years after the night of visions of Zechariah 1-6. A delegation...

Obama and Tish Ba’Av OBAMA AND TISH BA AV Posted on July 20, 2010 by billrandles Today, July 20th- is Tish Ba’Av , the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av, is a date of momentous significance to the children of Israel. The date became infamous when twice the Holy Temple of the LORD was destroyed on the 9th of Av, once in 587 BC and once again in 70 AD. There has also been a whole series of calamities that has fallen upon Israel on this day, as Judaism .about.com relates: 587 BCE (3338)- The First Temple is...

This is a video I posted on youtube, on the jewish holy day Tish Ba'Av- which is a day of fasting and mourning in commemoration of the destruction of the Temple which occurred on this very day(the ninth of Av)in 539 BC and in 70 AD . There are an amazing array of other national calamities down through the centuries ,which have befallen the Jewish people on this day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1jI34xWtvc