[Avodah] tisha baav is a moed

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 09:50:41PM -0400, Stuart Feldhamer wrote:
: >I have always been bothered by the characterization of tisha baav as a
: >festival (moed)
: >which is certainly not pshat in the pasuk

: Which pasuk?

Eikhah 1:15, "... qara alay mo'eid libhor bachurai ..."

Peshat clearly is about the lives lost during the churban itself, not a
future festival.

-Micha

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