The traditional day of mourning the destruction of both ancient Temples in Jerusalem, which both happened on the same day of the year to Tisha B’Av (TISH-a bah-AV) now includes remembrance of many Jewish tragedies that have mysteriously occurred on this very date:
Shoah (SHO-ah), in Hebrew, means catastrophe or utter destruction and refers to the atrocities that were committed against the Jewish people during World War II Yom HaShoah (YOHM haSHO-ah) is Israel’s Memorial Day for those who died in the Shoah, or Holocaust
This day marks the establishment of the modern state of Israel in 1948, an event which is an unprecedented, miraculous modern-day fulfillment of biblical prophecy that the dispersed Jewish people would again return to their land (Isaiah 11:11, 43:5-6)
Passover is a Jewish holy day commemorating the work of God in sparing the lives of the Jewish people when He struck down the first born of Egypt Passover is immediately followed by the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread
Purim celebrates the story of Esther Under the rule of Persian king Ahashuerus, Haman, the king's prime minister, plotted to exterminate all of the Jews living in the land His plan was foiled by Queen Esther and her uncle Mordecai, who ultimately save the Jews of the land from destruction
Simchat Torah, Hebrew for "rejoicing in the law," comes at the conclusion of Sukkot It celebrates the completion of the annual reading of the Torah following the traditional cycle of prescribed readings used in synagogues around the world
Chanukah - or Hanukkah - commemorates the victory of the Jewish freedom fighters, the Maccabees, over the Syrian army in 165 B.C. and the subsequent miraculous reconsecration of the holy Temple in Jerusalem.
