ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Times Friday, July 28, 2023 10 Av, 5783 - Shabbat, July 29, 2023 11 Av, 5783
ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Times Friday, July 28, 2023 10 Av, 5783 - Shabbat, July 29, 2023 11 Av, 5783 Candle Lighting Light Candles at 6:59 PM Jewish History Holy Temple Burns (69) The Romans set the Temple aflame on the afternoon of Av 9 (see yesterday's Today in Jewish History and it continued to burn through Av 10. For this reason, some of the mourning practices of the "Nine Days" are observed through the morning hours of Av 10 (see "Laws and Customs" below) AMIA Bombing (1994) Arab terrorists exploded a bomb in the the Jewish community center (AMIA) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, killing 86 and wounding more than 300, in the most lethal attack against any diaspora Jewish community since the Holocaust. Link: Terrorism Expulsion from Gaza (2005) More than 8,500 Jewish residents were forcefully expelled from their homes in 25 towns and settlements in the Gaza Strip (including 16 settlements in the flourishing "Gush Katif" belt) and Northern Shomron in...