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Ab, Ninth Day Of

A Jewish fast day (cp. Zechariah 8, 19), intended to commemorate the destruction of the two Temples (First, 586 B.C.; Second, A.D. 70). It falls about the beginning of August. The fast has been observed, with varying degrees of strictness, as a day of deep gloom. In early times no enjoyment whatever was permitted for twenty-four hours, from evening to evening. No work was allowed, only sad parts of the Law might be studied, and people went about without shoes or sandals. Bathing and anointing were of course forbidden. See the Jewish Encycl., i., 1901; W. O. E. Oesterley and G. H. Box.

citations: Encyc. of Rel., Canney

article created 2006-04-12 , last updated 2006-04-12

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