- Tish'a B'Av begins at sundown (from Jerusalem) on Sat, 13 August 2016.
- Tu B'Av begins at sundown (from Jerusalem) on Thu, 18 August 2016.
Here's Helena Lehman's article http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2016/07/could-tisha-bav-and-tu-bav-be-tied-to.html
Some interesting articles about the 9th of Av ... Av is Hebrew for Father (as well as Ab since the b & v are interchangeable) ... http://www.chabad.org/search/keyword_cdo/kid/158/jewish/Tisha-BAv-Fast.htm
And here are some articles on the 15th of Av ...
http://www.chabad.org/search/keyword_cdo/kid/1685/jewish/Av-15.htm
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/53680/jewish/15th-of-Av.htm
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/717175/jewish/Of-Holidays-and-Weddings.htm
"This is why the maidens dance on the 15th of Av and Yom Kippur. There are no more appropriate marriage-themed days on our calendar. And of the two, the 15th of Av is the more joyous one—for it symbolizes the ultimate marriage."
"Of all Jewish celebrations, none equal the joy of a wedding. Of all Jewish holidays, none equal the joy of the 15th of Av."
... An even greater day than Yom Kippur!
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/53684/jewish/The-Dancing-Maidens-of-Jerusalem.htm
"Av 15 -- the day that represents the rebirth which follows the great fall of the Holy Temple's destruction on the 9th of Av -- celebrates the ultimate consummation of our marriage with the final redemption of Moshiach."
http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/Summer_Holidays/Tu_B_Av/tu_b_av.html
"Since Biblical times the Tu B'Av has been celebrated as a holiday of love and affection, and in modern Israel it is celebrated as a sort of Valentine's Day (though it is a much older holiday that St. Valentine's Day)."
From Hebrew4Christians page, this is an interesting statement ;o}
"Tu B'Av marked the end of the year for planting.
Tu B'Av was instituted (in the Second Temple period) to mark the beginning of the grape harvest, which ended on Yom Kippur. It was also the time when planting of trees and crops was to end for the year (trees planted after this date are considered to take root after Rosh Hashanah, and therefore belong to the following year for the purposes of the Sabbatical Year)." Notice it *marks* the beginning of the grape harvest, therefore it is logical to assume it concludes the WHEAT harvest!
It also states: "Tu B'Av marks the final Jewish Holiday of the year."
WOW, somebody (Hebrew4Christians) was on top of this LOL ...
"On the Jewish calendar, Tu B'Av occurs a week after Tishah B'Av - the culmination of the three weeks of sorrow - and traditionally marks the end of summer and all of the holidays of the Jewish year. Moreover, Tu B'Av acts as a sort of preface to the month of Elul when the cycle of holidays begins again with Rosh Hashanah. As such it marks the last celebration of the current Jewish year, a time of happiness and joy that prophetically heralds the "marriage supper of the Lamb" (see below)."
"Since it falls on the fifteenth of the month, Tu B'Av is a night of the full moon; and since the ninth of Av (Tishah B'Av) recalls the history of Jewish tragedy, the full moon of Av represents the transformation of darkness into light, sorrow into joy."
"Tu B'Av prophetically pictures the Marriage of the Lamb of God.
Since it is the "last" festival of the Jewish year, prophetically Tu B'Av pictures our marriage to the Lamb of God (Seh Elohim), the LORD Yeshua our beloved Mashiach: "
http://www.torahinmotion.org/discussions-and-blogs/tu-bav-happiest-day
An interesting statement from the TorahInMotion page ...
"Unfortunately, Tu B'Av has become a neglected holiday. While single girls dancing before single men might not please the religious and social sensibilities of many today, class divisions (especially in Israel) and Jew embarrassing Jew are not uncommon."
Perhaps they don't much observe it today because it's not theirs to observe? The same goes for Pentecost/Shavuot, they don't much celebrate it either. Maybe Shavuot marks the beginning our our betrothal and Tu B'Av marks the end? We can hope!
{of the resurrection of the church/bride}
OK, I'm *runnin'* with Tu B'Av LOL it seems the more likely date to me ;o}
Reading this one now ... http://www.betemunah.org/tubav.html
"Tu B’Ab is surely the festival which formed the basis for the Gentile celebration of Valentines day. Never the less, the two dates are rooted very differently. Tu B’Ab is focused on the love between Husband and wife, between Israel and HaShem. ..."
WOAH! ...
"Tu B’Ab is one of the more obscure and yet deeply profound holidays in the Jewish calendar. To emphasize this, our Sages point out that virtually every major holiday will pale away after the Mashiach arrives and Tu B’Ab will come to the forefront."
"Let’s begin to understand this special day by examining a major aspect of this day as noted in the Talmud:
Taanit 26b R. SIMEON B. GAMALIEL SAID: THERE NEVER WERE IN ISRAEL GREATER DAYS OF JOY THAN THE FIFTEENTH OF AB AND THE DAY OF ATONEMENT. ON THESE DAYS THE DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM USED TO WALK OUT IN WHITE GARMENTS WHICH THEY BORROWED IN ORDER NOT TO PUT TO SHAME ANY ONE WHO HAD NONE. ALL THESE GARMENTS REQUIRED RITUAL DIPPING. THE DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM CAME OUT AND DANCED IN THE VINEYARDS EXCLAIMING AT THE SAME TIME, YOUNG MAN, LIFT UP THINE EYES AND SEE WHAT THOU CHOOSEST FOR THYSELF. DO NOT SET THINE EYES ON BEAUTY BUT SET THINE EYES ON [GOOD] FAMILY. GRACE IS DECEITFUL, AND BEAUTY IS VAIN; BUT A WOMAN THAT FEARETH THE LORD, SHE SHALL BE PRAISED. AND IT FURTHER SAYS, GIVE HER OF THE FRUIT OF HER HANDS; AND LET HER WORKS PRAISE HER IN THE GATES."
{Pro 31:16 KJV} She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
{Pro 31:31 KJV} Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
OK so Av is the fifth month on the Hebrew/Jewish calendar (not the sixth that I had posted previously and deleted that comment). In looking up if there's anything significant that happened in the "fifth month" in the bible (KJV) I found an interesting reference that could apply to today, in particular the fifth and seventh months and seventy years (Israel will be 70 years old beginning in the fall of 2017) ...
This scripture, which mentions the fifth month is interesting ... https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/zec/7/3/s_918003
{Zec 7:3-6 KJV} [And] to speak unto the priests which [were] in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years? Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying, Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh [month], even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, [even] to me? And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat [for yourselves], and drink [for yourselves]?
This also applies to the Israel of today, just think of all the sin and corruption she's taken on from her lovers ...
{Eze 11:12 KJV} And ye shall know that I [am] the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that [are] round about you.
Back to the article at hand LOL and this is a WOW statement, *grapes* again, speaking of Israel/Judah I believe (perhaps after the seven year grapes of *wrath*) ...
"Although the Mishnah does not make a clear distinction between Tu B’Av and Yom Kippur, nonetheless, it goes without saying that these two days are significantly different, and allude to two different types of match or “choice”. In familiar terms, matches made on Yom Kippur are more inclined to the traditional “Charedi” standards, a match that is founded primarily on a similarity between the families and their social status, made mainly by the parents, while the young (sometimes very young) couple just has to confirm it at the final stages. Such matches are usually announced on the wedding invitation with the phrase, “the marriage of so-and-so with the girl of his age, so-and-so.” “A girl of his age” refers to his soulmate, who is suited to him and destined to him from Heaven, “Grapes of a vine with grapes of a vine.”"
And "by contrast" this is the Church who come to the Messiah *willingly* ...
"By contrast, the matches of Tu B’Av are a “modern match” (or even “secular”), the young couple find one another, with mutual attraction being a primary incentive for their relationship. This is an attraction that often results from the dissimilarity and difference between the two; “opposites attract”, as the saying goes. On the invitation of a couple such as this, the custom is to write, “So-and-so with his heart’s choice, so-and-so”."
Israel/Judah ...
"This difference is reflected in the Talmudic interpretation of the above mentioned Mishna.[7] The Talmud begins by explaining that with reference to Yom Kippurim, the festivities are clear, “Because it has forgiveness and excusing and it is the day on which the second set of Tablets was given”, this is the epitome of the relationship between the Almighty and the Jewish People, all our sins are excused and instead of the first set of Tablets, which were broken, we were presented with a second set. The emphasis in this case is not on our choice, so it is evident that matches made on this day are under the impression of “everything is in the hands of Heaven”[8] and “From God is a woman to a man”."
WOW, the Church LOL ...
"By contrast, the Talmud asks, “But what about Tu B’Av”? What is the reason here for the festivities? And it offers a number of good reasons why. Of these, we will mention just the first two, which are directly connected to matches and marriage.
The first reason is, “The day on which the tribes were permitted to intermarry”, since during the first generation after the Land of Israel had been conquered, every girl who had no brothers inherited an estate but could only marry someone from her own tribe. However, in the following generation tribal intermarriage was permitted with no limitations. Until then, marriage had been “dictated”, but from now onwards, anyone could marry whoever they chose."
Taanit 30b R. SIMEON B. GAMALIEL SAID: THERE NEVER WERE IN ISRAEL GREATER DAYS OF JOY THAN THE FIFTEENTH OF AB AND THE DAY OF ATONEMENT. {My comment: 15th of Av/Ab = the Church bride; Day of At-one-ment = Israel/Judah ... and in that order!}
Of course it doesn't make sense to Israel! "The commentary of Tosafot adds: “‘the day in which the tribes were permitted to marry one another’, this constitutes a Yom Tov (holiday)”. This seems very strange. Tu B’Ab is not one of our major holidays, certainly not of the likes of Yom HaKippurim!"
And on another train of thought, in wondering what the names of the moon are for the fifth moon (for Israel), which is the 8th month to us in the west:
Native American *names* of the August full moon ...
http://www.almanac.com/content/full-moon-august-2016
"August Full Moon Names
Some Native American tribes called the August Moon the “Sturgeon Moon” because they knew that the sturgeon of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain were most readily caught during this Full Moon. They also called August’s Moon the “Full Green Corn Moon.”
Different tribes had different Moon name preferences. Other examples for August are: “Wheat Cut Moon” (San Ildefonso, and San Juan), or “Moon When All Things Ripen” (Dakotah Sioux) or “Blueberry Moon” (Ojibway)."
Man, I've got so much more to read but I'm tired! This aught to get you fired up, and your motor rev'g ... that's a lot of research already! I hope you are inspired to continue to study Tu B'Av on your own. This year it will begin at sunset (full moon) on August 18, 2016. From this date I back-dated 1335, 1290, 1260 days to get the dates for my other article {also dated today}. Whether or not those days and dates have anything to do with Jesus coming for His bride I cannot (nor would I) say for sure. I can only say I am excited that it's *possible* and so I'll keep watching and looking up! I hope you do too ;o}
I may add more links to this article as I get to it and if I do I will add dates beside them so you can tell they're newer than the article date itself (in the title of the article). Any future links or comments will be below this line somewhere.
.:: MORE LINKS ::.
http://free.messianicbible.com/holiday/tu-bav-celebration-love-coming-messiah/
https://www.projectinspire.com/articles/1269/the-mystical-roots-of-tu-bav/
http://www.theseasonofreturn.com/WHEN_WILL_THE_HARVEST_BE_REAPED.pdf
http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/25797/20160726/annual-perseid-meteor-shower-expected-to-double-normal-rate-to-150-200-shooting-stars-per-hour.htm
Thanks for reading, don't forget to check out the other article for today's date ;o}
{Curly bracket comments are mine. Quoted text from other pages are this color to better distinguish from my mine.}
