Parashas Vaeschanan 5783

July 28th • 10 Av

In Memory of Rav Meir Zlotowitz zt”l

This Wednesday, August 2nd, is Tu B’av. Tachanun is not recited on Tu B’av, and is also omitted at mincha on Tuesday, the day prior.

Several notable events took place on Tu B’Av:

• The decree that the generation of the Midbar would die and not enter Eretz Yisrael was not carried out on those still alive in the 40th year.
• The prohibition against women marrying outside of their shevet was lifted.
• The prohibition enacted against Shevet Binyamin after the tragic episode of Pilegesh b’Givah was lifted.
• Hoshea removed the guards that Yeravam had placed to prevent Bnei Yisrael from Aliyah Leregel to Yerushalayim.
• During the beginning of the Second Beis HaMikdash, the annual wood quota needed for that winter’s korbanos was filled.
• The Roman occupiers permitted burial of the victims of the massacre at Beitar during the Bar Kochba rebellion. Miraculously, the bodies had not decomposed, despite exposure to the elements for over a year.
• The single women of Yerushalayim would dress in white and dance in the vineyards seeking to attract appropriate shidduchim.