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The Five Calamities of Tisha B’Av

The False Reports on Canaan by ten of the twelve scouts sent by Moses
The Destruction of the First Temple by the Babylonians in 586 BCE
The Destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans in 70 CE
The Failure of Bar Kokhba's Revolt against the Roman Empire in 135 CE
The Destruction of Jerusalem and the Scattering of the Jewish People by the Romans in 136 CE

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