Congregation Shaarei Rahamim is pleased to present the community with “The Three Weeks.” This fourth volume in our Halachot Publication Series follows the previous successful volumes on Hanukah, Purim and Passover.

“Halachot and History of The Three Weeks” is a unique volume. It is a complete compendium of laws and customs as they relate to the three week period between the Seventeenth day of Tammuz and the Ninth of Av. It incorporates the laws of the two fast days, as well as the restrictions of the Three Weeks, the Nine Days, and the special halachot of the week of the Ninth of Av.

Our Rabbis teach: “All who mourn for the destruction of the Bet HaMikdash, will merit to see the joy of the final redemption.” We pray with all our heart that we will merit the coming of Mashiah and that we will have no need to reprint this book.

We trust that the information contained in this volume will serve to enhance the reader’s appreciation of this sad period of time in the Jewish calendar.