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| | The Month of Av - OU.ORG |
 | | The name "Av" itself, like all the other names of months in the Hebrew Calendar, "came up" with the Jewish People on their return to the Land of Israel from their Exile in Babylonia. |
 | | Another meaningful interpretation of the name "Menachem Av" is that the word "Av" is spelled "Aleph, Bet." The Prophet Yirmiyahu, an eye-witness to the destruction of the Temple, Yerushalayim and its population, describes those events in Megillat Eichah, in tears. |
 | | And yet another meaningful interpretation of the name, "Menachem Av," is that it is a valid description of Jewish History that at the darkest times, when there seems to be no hope for the future, a ray of light is found. |
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