Tisha b’Av is the day when those of the Jewish faith remember and
commemorate the many tragedies that have befallen them, throughout history, on the 9th day of the month of Av in the Jewish Lunar Calendar. This year it takes place on the 28th of July. It is a very sad day in the Jewish calendar. As is customary in Jewish tradition, fasting denotes a sign of mourning and as such Jews fast on this day.
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Today the festival of Sukkot begins. Sukkot last for seven days as is 
known as the festival of rejoicing. It takes place on the fifth day of Yom Kippur and is quite a drastic transition from one of the most solemn holidays in the Jewish year to one of the most joyous. Sukkot has a dual significance: historical and agricultural. The holiday commemorates the forty-year period during which the children of Israel were wandering in the desert, living in temporary shelters. Sukkot is also a harvest festival, and is sometimes referred to as Chag Ha-Asif, the Festival of Ingathering.
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