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September 15, 2017
Mid-Morning Open Thread
Jeremiah Lamenting The Destruction Of Jerusalem
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
The year is 587 BCE, and the Babylonians have just destroyed Jerusalem and Solomon's Temple. Judaism commemorates this (and the destruction of the second temple by the Romans in 70 CE) in a holiday called Tisha B'Av.
[Hat Tip: Carl Gustav]