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The Five Calamities of Tisha B’Av

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The False Reports on Canaan ^[1] by ten of the twelve scouts sent by Moses
The Destruction of the First Temple ^[2] by the Babylonians in 586 BCE
The Destruction of the Second Temple ^[3] by the Romans in 70 CE
The Failure of Bar Kokhba’s Revolt ^[4] against the Roman Empire in 135 CE
The Destruction of Jerusalem and the Scattering of the Jewish People ^[5] by the Romans in 136 CE

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[1] False Reports on Canaan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shlach#The_scouts

[2] Destruction of the First Temple: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Temple#Raids_and_destruction

[3] Destruction of the Second Temple: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple#Destruction

[4] Failure of Bar Kokhba’s Revolt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_Kokhba%27s_revolt

[5] Destruction of Jerusalem and the Scattering of the Jewish People: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_Kokhba%27s_revolt#Outcome_of_the_war

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