Seventeenth of Tammuz
On Sunday July, 5, 2015 will be fast of seventeenth of Tammuz in the Jewish calendar. On seventeenth of Tammuz 5 sad event occurred in Jewish history:
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Split the walls of Jerusalem and the Roman enemy entered it.
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Broken tablets (when Moses descended from Mount Sinai and found the Golden Calf he got weak hands, and tables dropped).
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Stop sacrificing the persisted sacrifice in the temple, due to missing animals.
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Statue was placed in the Temple.
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Roman General Afustmos burned a Torah, an act which constituted a burning Torah scrolls.
Due to these events, and essentially splitting the walls of Jerusalem that are the beginning of the destruction was set a day of fasting and sadness for all generations, that will come speedily and in our Savior.
Jerusalem and the Temple was destroyed because of baseless hatred among Israel was the Second Temple period.
The Talmud tells us: one rich man great value dinner at home, dinner was attended by all dignitaries and scholars of Jerusalem. The wealthy called his slave and asked him to invite his friend Kamtza for the dinner, but the slave was confused and asked for dinner the enemy of the rich man whose name was Bar Kamtza ...
Noticing the richest enemy, Bar Kamtza, He was furious, and asked the Bar Kamtza immediately leave the house. Bar Kamtza very hurt and asked the rich to stay and he will pay the cost of any meal diners. But the rich not satisfied and asked him to immediately leave the house. Shame left bar Kamtza the house, and a big grudge in his heart to all participants in the dinner had not protested the rich of shame trashed it. He decided to take revenge on all of them. What did he do?
He traveled to Rome, to the emperor and informed to the emperor that the Jews in Jerusalem had betrayed him, and the proof: "Please send the Emperor sacrifice - a sheep, and ask the priests to sacrifice him in the Temple for the honor and success of the Emperor, and you'll see that they do not sacrifice your sacrifice!!!
The emperor on hearing this was furious and immediately ordered to send a sheep to Jerusalem to sacrifice him in the temple and the sent a letter request to the priests by Bar Kamtza.
On the way, Bar Kamtza wound the lamb and made a blemish, to be disqualified sacrifice. When he arrived to Jerusalem he brought the lamb and the letter to the priests. Priests, seeing the disqualified lamb and darkened their eyes, they cannot sacrifice and sacrifice on the altar.
The rumor came to the emperor that the Jews did not sacrifice the sacrifice, he got angry on the Jews rebelled against him and sent Titus & large army to conquer Jerusalem and burned the Temple ...
Therefore; we need to multiply the love of Israel, to gain a complete redemption immediately right!!
