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July 24, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070723/wl_mideast_afp/mideastisraelreligion2_070723192402;_ylt=AufUXngRuISFto5OQahdEOKaOrgF

Jews Start Prayers, Fasting to Mark Destruction of Temple

[AFP/Yahoo] Religious Jews in Israel and around the world began traditional prayers and fasting on Monday to commemorate the destruction of the First and Second holy temples in Jerusalem. Commemorated under the Hebrew calendar as the Ninth of Av, worshippers will gather on Tuesday before the Wailing Wall, the last remaining vestige of the Second Temple.

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