- Shabbat and Holidays
- Tu Be'av
-The generation of the desert, ordained to die out before entering Israel, would lay down in graves each year on Tisha B'Av, & 15,000 would not get up. But the last 15,000 were spared, realizing this only when they saw Av's full moon on 15 Av, clearly indicating that Tisha B'Av (9 Av) had come & gone;
- On this day, women were allowed to marry men from any Shevet, not just their own.
-After the terrible civil war following the incident of Pilegesh B'Giv'ah (see Shoftim 20), the Tribes were forbidden to intra-marry with Shevet Binyamin; this ban was also lifted on Tu B'Av.
- The Jews slain at Betar in the Bar Kochba rebellion against Rome were finally allowed burial on this day; their bodies miraculously had not decayed.
Tu B’Av was also a day propitious for matchmaking & so is a good occasion to show love for one’s beloved spouse – even more than usual!
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