Multiplex: The Three Weeks and Tishah B’Av (Aug 3 and Aug 10)

The most cataclysmic events shaping the history of the Jewish people occurred on the Seventeenth of Tammuz and Tishah B’Av (the Ninth of Av). Profound mistakes in our relationship with God and our fellow Jews resulted in national tragedies that led to the establishment of these days of mourning, fasting, and introspection.  What events transpired on the Seventeenth of Tammuz and on Tishah B’Av that have impacted the Jewish nation throughout history? š How do these events so early in Jewish history affect later generations?