[Avodah] we live in good times

[Ben Waxman]

That makes sense. There are sources saying that the walls of Jerusalem were
destroyed on seperate days, but we fast only one day because the tzibbur
can't handle fasting too many days. Granted these two days (9th and 17th of
Tammuz) are close together, but if we were to fast for every tragedy, then
the effect would be similar.

Ben
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From: <rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com>
>
> I suspect that Rav Schwab et. al. did not wish to see the year contain too
> many mournful days because - the impact would have been too depressing.
>
> So instead he wrote a shoah qina for 9 Av just as there is one for tatnu
> despite the fact that it took place around Rosh Hodesh Sivan.
>