Why Do Bad Things Happen on the 17th of Tammuz?

Today, the 17th of Tammuz on the Jewish calendar, marks the anniversary of many terribly events.  The first of these came when Moses smashed the first set of tablets he obtained atop Mt. Sinai after he found the Israelites worshiping the Golden Calf. Then, on the same date, the Babylonians entered Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E. The …

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