Tisha B'Av
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Tisha B'Av (lit. "the ninth of Av") (Hebrew:תשעה באב or ט׳ באב) is an annual fast day in Judaism which commemorates the anniversary of a number of disasters in Jewish history, primarily the destruction of both the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem.