Bein haMetzarim

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Jewish mourning period period of mourning in Judaism

Bein haMetzarim is a Jewish mourning period in midsummer commemorating the calamities and destruction associated with the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bein HaMetzarim	1
Bein ha-Metzarim	1
Bein haMetzarim canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish mourning period ⓘ period of mourning in Judaism ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bein haMetzarim ⓘ surface form: Bein HaMetzarim The Three Weeks of Mourning ⓘ Three Weeks ⓘ
associatedWith	First Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
calendar	Hebrew calendar ⓘ
category	Jewish fast days and mourning periods ⓘ
commemorates	calamities that befell the Jewish people ⓘ destruction of the First Temple ⓘ destruction of the Second Temple ⓘ
culturalSignificance	central period of Jewish historical memory ⓘ
duration	three weeks ⓘ
endEvent	Tisha BAv ⓘ surface form: Tisha B’Av
focus	Jewish suffering through history ⓘ Temple destruction ⓘ
groomingRestriction	customary avoidance of haircuts and shaving ⓘ
halakhicStatus	period with customary restrictions ⓘ
hasHebrewName	בין המצרים ⓘ
includes	Nine Days ⓘ week of Tisha B’Av ⓘ
languageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
linkedFastDay	Seventeenth of Tammuz ⓘ Tisha BAv ⓘ surface form: Tisha B’Av
liturgicalColor	somber ⓘ
marriageRestriction	customary avoidance of weddings ⓘ
meaningOfName	between the straits ⓘ
musicRestriction	customary avoidance of live music ⓘ
observedBy	Conservative Judaism ⓘ surface form: Conservative Jews Orthodox Judaism ⓘ surface form: Orthodox Jews religious Jews ⓘ some other Jewish communities ⓘ
practice	fasting on Tisha B’Av ⓘ fasting on the Seventeenth of Tammuz ⓘ mourning customs ⓘ recitation of kinot on Tisha B’Av ⓘ refraining from haircuts ⓘ refraining from music ⓘ refraining from weddings ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
scripturalAllusion	Lamentations ⓘ surface form: Book of Lamentations 1:3
season	summer ⓘ
startEvent	Seventeenth of Tammuz ⓘ surface form: Fast of the Seventeenth of Tammuz
theologicalTheme	exile and destruction ⓘ hope for redemption ⓘ national Jewish mourning ⓘ
timeInHebrewCalendar	17 Tammuz to 9 Av ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Three Weeks → alsoKnownAs → Bein haMetzarim ⓘ

Seventeenth of Tammuz → startsPeriod → Bein haMetzarim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bein ha-Metzarim

Bein haMetzarim → alsoKnownAs → Bein haMetzarim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bein HaMetzarim