The Destruction of The Temple

Can I listen to sad music during the 3 weeks? because it doesnt make me feel happy or joyous.

Every year at this time, we mourn the destruction of the Temple and pray for its rebuilding. Does this mean that the Temple will actually be built this year?

A summary of the unique Halacha regarding Tisha B'Av which occurs straight after Shabbat.

A careful elucidation of the various expressions of ‘curtailing our joy’ - what is allowed and what is not.

A day of fasting is not one of dieting. We are not fasting for something far-removed from ourselves, but rather for our situation this very day.

One of the tragedies that we mourn on the 17th of Tammuz is the burning of the Torah - the ultimate repression of the ultimate book.

The purpose of the fast is not to recall past tragedies, but to provide a means for "waking the hearts and clearing the paths to repentance."

At first glance, it seems that the purpose of the month of Tamuz is to make us depressed. How should we relate too this month?