Tisha b'Av 5766

Today is Tisha b'Av 5766 - the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av in the year 5766.Five tragedies befell the Jewish people on this day:1. God decreed that the Jewish people would have to spend forty years in the desert because they listened to the spies' slander and rejected the land of Israel (Bamidbar (Numbers) 13-14).2. The first Temple was destroyed.3. The second Temple was destroyed. Today,