Highlighted entries are Halachah-related
LAWS
Do the restrictions observed during the three weeks apply to the night preceding the fast of 17 Tamuz?
1. Yosef Da'as to Ta'anis 11:p1, ד"ה נחלקו הראשונים
From what date prior to Tish'ah b'Av does the Gemara prohibit haircuts? What is the rationale for the Ashkenazic practice to begin the practices of mourning even earlier?
PERSPECTIVE
What is the significance of the 21-day period between the breaching of Yerushalayim's walls, and the Destruction of the Beis Hamikdash? What other 21-day period do we have in the calendar, and what is the connection between the two?


