The Three Weeks
or  "dire straits")
is a period of mourning commemorating the
destruction of the first and second Jewish Temples.
The Three Weeks start on the seventeenth day of the Jewish month of Tammuz — the fast of Shiva Asar B'Tammuz —
and end on the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av — the fast of Tisha B'Av,
which occurs exactly three weeks later.
Both of these fasts commemorate events surrounding the destruction of the Jewish Temples and the subsequent exile of the Jews from the land of Israel.
According to conventional chronology,
the destruction of the first Temple,
by Nebuchadnezzar II, occurred in 586 BCE,
and the second, by the Romans, in 70 CE. Jewish chronology,
however,
traditionally places the first destruction at about 421 BCE.
(See Missing years (Hebrew calendar) for more information.)


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Time of danger[edit]

The Three Weeks are historically a time of
misfortune,
since many tragedies and calamities befell the Jewish people at this time. These tragedies include: the breaking of the Tablets of the Law by Moses,
when he saw the people worshipping the golden calf; the burning of a Sefer Torah by Apostomus during the Second Temple era; the destruction of both Temples on Tisha B'Av; the expulsion of the Jews from Spain on Tisha B'Av 1492; and the outbreak of World War I on Tisha B'Av 1914, which overturned many Jewish communities.
As a result, Jews are particularly careful to avoid all dangerous situations during the Three Weeks. These include: going to dangerous places, striking a child or student, undergoing a major operation that could be postponed until after Tisha B'Av, and going on an airplane flight that could be postponed until after Tisha B'Av. It is also customary to postpone a court case with a non-Jew until after the Three Weeks are over.<sup>[1]




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