Fasting on the Seventeenth of Tammuz

שו”ת › Fasting on the Seventeenth of Tammuz

asked 5 years ago

Hello Rabbi.
What is the origin of mourning during the three weeks? After all, the Mishnah says: “When the father enters, the joy diminishes”?

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נועם replied 5 years ago

Does the rabbi know when the custom began? Where? And among these witnesses?

מיכי Staff replied 5 years ago

No. But it's easy to find online.