Without the end date!
- Sun, 3 August 2025 = 9th of Av, 5785
- ט׳ בְּאָב תשפ״ה
- ✡️ Tish’a B’Av ✡️
- Parashat Vaetchanan
Parashat Vaetchanan 5785 / פָּרָשַׁת וָאֶתְחַנַּן
/ 15 Av 5785
Parashat Vaetchanan is the 45th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11
Vaetchanan (“I Pleaded”) opens as Moses describes his pleading with God to be allowed into the Land of Israel. Moses warns the Israelites not to pursue idolatry and recounts the giving of the Ten Commandments. The portion also contains the Shema, a declaration of faith and a central text in Jewish prayer. [
Tisha B’Av or the 9th of Av: The Unmistakable Meaning of This Day
For the last few years I’ve been studying patterns in Jewish history based on the Hebrew calendar. There are certain days that have great significance to the Jewish people and there is none more ominous than the 9th of Av or Tisha B’Av. On this day both Jewish temples were destroyed, the first in 423 BC and the second in 70 AD. On the 9th of Av in 135 AD 500,000 Jewish people were slaughtered by Roman soldiers in the city of Betar.
Here are some other horrendous historical events which took place on or around this date.
The First Crusade officially commenced on August 15, 1096 (Av 24, AM 4856), killing 10,000 Jews in its first month and destroying Jewish communities in France and theRhineland. 1.2 million Jews were killed by this crusade that started on the 9th of Av.
The Jews were expelled from England on July 18, 1290 (Av 9, AM 5050).
The Jews were expelled from France on July 22, 1306 (Av 10, AM 5066).
The Jews were expelled from Spain on July 31, 1492 (Av 7, AM 5252).
Germany entered World War I on August 1–2, 1914 (Av 9-10, AM 5674), which caused massive upheaval in European Jewry and whose aftermath led to the Holocaust.
On August 2, 1941 (Av 9, AM 5701), SS commander Heinrich Himmler formally received approval from the Nazi Party for “The Final Solution”. As a result, the Holocaust began during which almost one third of world’s Jewish population perished.
On July 23, 1942 (Av 9, AM 5702), began the mass deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto, en route to Treblinka.
Most religious communities use Tisha B’Av to mourn the 6,000,000 Jews who perished in the Holocaust, including special kinnot composed for this purpose (see the mainkinnot article) (in addition to, or instead of, the secular Holocaust Memorial Days.)
What the Cube is saying
So that’s the 9th of Av. The worst day in Jewish history. Now how does this relate to the Georgia Guidestone’s cube? The numbers are 8, 14, 16, 20. Some speculated it meant 8/16/2014. I’m here to tell you it is referring to 8/14/2016 because this date on the Jewish calendar just so happens to be the 9th of Av.
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