Tisha B’av is another Jewish Holiday that I just found out about in my later years. It is a day of remembrance in which the Holy Temple(s) were destroyed and other bad events happened to the Jewish people. The problem for me is I forgot the day comes out this weekend and made plans that conflict with the standard way of marking these tragic events. This isn’t a Torah prescribed holiday so I feel safe to mark this period in my own way. For example I will not shave at this time or drink alcoholic beverages even though the place I will be going to will have plenty of those items available. Many more traditional Jews will spend time in the Synagogue praying, fasting and remembering in their own this tragic day. G-D willing next year this holiday will be erased with the coming of the Messiah and true peace in the world.