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Jewish minutiae follows. Sunday night began a period known in Judaism as the nine days . The nine days are actually the last part of a three-week period that starts on 17 Tammuz and ends on 9 Av, otherwise known as Tisha B'Av , a fast day that commemorates the destruction of the first and second Temples. The three weeks are generally considered a period of national mourning, and some of the ...
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