It took three weeks of fighting, but in the fifth month, on the ninth of Av.
The First Temple [Built by Solomon{990-930 BC}] was destroyed.{586 BC Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the temple}
The Second Temple [built by Ezra and Zerubbabel and Nehemiah {516 BC}
Then modified/updated by Herod in {30 BC}
The Second Temple so-called Herod's Temple was destroyed by the romans {70 AD}
This date is remembered as Tisah B' Av [the Ninth of Av or Ab]
It is usually commemorated with a fast from the evening of the 9th to the evening of the 10th and reading and remembering the events that led to the destruction of the temple and the exile of the people.
Readings:
2 Kings 25
2 Chronicles 36
Jeremiah chapter 52 and chapter 1
Ezekiel 20
Zechariah 8:19
1 Baruch 1:1-22
Book of Lamentations
