Tisha B'Av AUG 3, 2025
WATCH: How a Misunderstanding Caused the Destruction of Our Holy Temple
Could a misunderstanding end up destroying the Holy Temple? Who were Kamtza and Bar Kamtza? What can we learn from their mistakes?
On Tisha b’Av, the saddest date on the Hebrew calendar, the destruction of the First and Second Holy Temples, along with other tragedies in Jewish history, occurred.
The Talmud says, “Jerusalem was destroyed because of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza.”
What could they have done to bring about such destruction?
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