Monday, July 13, 2009

Between the 17th of Tammuz And the Ninth of Av

There are Three Weeks between the 17th of Tammuz and the 9th of Av when Jews mourn the destruction of the Two Temples and the Fortress of Betar.

Below is a short clip I found here which shows the breakthrough via the Lions' Gate into the Old City in 1967, the liberation of the Temple Mount, Rabbi Shlomo Goren inside the Omar Memorial Building, the Paratroopers on Parade in the Temple Mount and the Western Wall, with Moshe Dayan, Rechavam Zeevi and Yitzhak Rabin:





(Kippah tip: Avi Abelow)

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