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The three weeks
The three weeks are days of mourning commemorating the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem within Judaism. Jewish law forbids taking a haircut or shaving or listening to music during this time. No Jewish marriages are allowed during these three weeks because that would involve too much joy at a time when Jews are traditionally supposed to mourn for the destruction of their ancient temples.
The three weeks start on the seventeenth day of the Jewish month of Tamuz -- the Seventeenth of Tammuz -- and end on the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av -- on Tisha B'Av. Nine days prior to Tisha B'Av are The Nine Days of more intense mourning when no animal meat is eaten (fish is allowed) or wine drunk by observant Jews. Both of those days are fast days.
See also
- Siege of Jerusalem (701 BC)
- Solomon's Temple
- Babylonian captivity
- Second Temple
- Herod's Temple
- Siege of Jerusalem (70)
- Destruction of Jerusalem
- Jewish-Roman wars
- Western Wall
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