Fast of Tisha B'Av

Why do we fast on Tisha B'Av? We do so because of the destruction of the Jerusalem. Is there any sorrow as great as theirs? No, the Greek gods rarely interacted with them. They ever gave any laws to them! There were times in which nymphs and monsters came to men, but they always ran away soon after. Greek wisdom wished that it could have a Sinai. That was not to be.

Israel however was different. Moses  gave the law. We were told that God never had an image. We do not even know how to pronounce His Name. He said not to have false gods. He said to not have incest or child sacrifice. Israel did both. This resulted in their destruction. And they were destroyed multiple times. Yet nothing. They did not repent. This is why Babylonian Captivity happened. Mothers ate their daughters. Sisters ate their brothers. "And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters." -- Deuteronomy 28:53 Priests were assassinated in the Temple.  " Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?" Lamentations 2:20. This is what Tisha B'Av is about. It is about the destruction of Jerusalem. We fast for all those women who had nothing to eat. We do not listen to music, because of the lack of children in the city. Music 🎶 is always associated with children in the Bible. The children were dead and eaten. This killing of relatives appears to be to get meat and as a form of mercy killing so that their children will not have to starve.

See the example of Mary, who lived in the times of the Jewish War, a similar time, mentioned in the writings of Josephus. Mary killed her son and ate half of his body. Then she tried to compel others to eat the other half to shame them out of sharing where she got her secret stacte of meat. Then all mourned.

The mourning of the Jews is why we fast. Their grief matters. The Jewish Culture matters. They gave us the Bible. They may not have all the Reason, but this is only because they have actual lives to live. They are too concerned with people killing them to worry about things like philosophies.

 But some claim that Russian grief is just as powerful. They had a year for many years and had no means to redress their grievances against a society that impressed them. Then Napoleon Bonaparte invaded And he came with the possibility of democracy. France was better because of the revolution, right? This is what bright about a series of Revolution s that culminated in 1917. Then Stalin betrayed the Revolution. Socialism within a state. Trotsky was killed. This is Russian grief, horror over what happens to you.