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Jerusalem Post/Magazine/Features

Vintage Kotel

The ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av – Tisha Be’av – is the day in the Hebrew calendar when calamities befell the Jewish people.

Western Wall 1929
Western Wall 1929
(photo credit: library congress, american colony collection)
ByLENNY BEN-DAVID
JULY 26, 2012 11:50
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