classicalmonuments:Tisha B'Av, or the ninth of Av(a month in the Jewish calender), is a Jewish annua
classicalmonuments:Tisha B'Av, or the ninth of Av(a month in the Jewish calender), is a Jewish annual fast day of atonement and mourning for the destruction of both Jewish Temples in Jerusalem. The first by the Babylonian empire, and the second, the biggest most luxurious and beautiful temple in the Roman world, by Titus and the roman army after a besieging Jerusalem.Its a day without food, music and joy and of lamenting the destroyed and praying for it to be rebuilt.And thus was the holy house burnt down, without Cæsar’s approbation.Now, although any one would justly lament the destruction of such a work as this was; since it was the most admirable of all the works that we have seen, or heard of; both for its curious structure, and its magnitude, and also for the vast wealth bestowed upon it, as well as for the glorious reputation it had for its holiness:- Josephus book 4, chapter 4The Sages say: One who has not seen Herod’s building has never seen a beautiful building in his life. - Talmud, Bava batra 4a -- source link