The Three Weeks

Some maintain that one must refrain from hiking and swimming or bathing in the sea or a swimming pool during the Three Weeks.

It seems that in practice, according to the lenient view, we should divide all songs into three categories. From the beginning of the Three Weeks, one should refrain from listening to the first category of music. Starting from the first of Av, one should refrain from listening to the middle category as well

Some authorities maintain that just as one may not listen to live music during the Three Weeks, However, some permit listening to music on electronic devices.

One may sing happy songs at a se’udat mitzva, like the meal at a brit mila, pidyon ha-ben, or sheva berakhot.

The Aĥaronim write that it is forbidden to hold dances from 17 Tamuz through 9 Av. This prohibition includes playing and listening to instrumental music.

The Three Weeks, which begin on the night of Shiv’a Asar Be-Tamuz and continue through Tisha Be-Av, are a painful time.

The Sages state in the Mishna: Five tragic events befell our forefathers on the ninth of Av

The Sages state in the Mishna: Five tragic events befell our forefathers on the seventeenth of Tamuz.

When the Holy Temple was destroyed, the loss was of a whole way of life.