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<DIV>"There are sources saying that the walls of Jerusalem were<BR>destroyed on
separate days, but we fast only one day because the tzibbur<BR>can't handle
fasting too many days. Granted these two days (9th and 17th of<BR>Tammuz) are
close together, but if we were to fast for every tragedy, then<BR>the effect
would be similar."</DIV>
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<DIV>I just heard a shiur this past Shabbat in which it was explained that it is
a machloket Bavli and Yerusalmi as to whether the walls of Jerusalem were
destroyed on the same day of the month for both Temples (17th of Tammuz) or
on different days (9th and 17th).</DIV>
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<DIV>Joseph Kaplan<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>