The Holiday of the 15th Day of Av (Tu B'Av) - Ta'anit 20b-31a, Uganda Shiur

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This meeting is being recorded. >> Okay. Um can you hear me? Please uh I'll go share my screen. >> Yeah, I can't hear We can't hear you. We can't see you. >> Let's see. Okay, boys. Let me share the screen. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Okay, so this uh this is a a Gemara the Okay, so this uh this is a a Gemara the Talmud in tractate Taanit page 30b and it's about tomorrow. Tomorrow starting tonight is a holiday of Tu B'Av, the 15th day of Av. It's not a major holiday in the Jewish calendar. It's a minor holiday, but it used to be a much bigger holiday once upon a time. And that is what we're going to discuss now, why it was considered to be a big holiday. Actually, not to tonight, sorry. Does not start not start tonight. Does not start tonight. It starts tomorrow night. So, um So, um but you'll know ahead of time for so the holiday starts tomorrow night, Tuesday night, and goes into Wednesday. Okay, so the um So, this holiday is called Tu B'Av, the 15th day of Av. And the Mishnah with the Mishnah in tractate Taanit the Mishnah, which we're not looking at right now, which which just says Rabbi Shimon Gamaliel said there's no day as happy for the Jewish people as 15th day of Av and as Yom Kippur. The two hap- two happiest days in the Jewish calendar were this the the this uh pa- uh Yom Kippur and this coming up

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