The 15th of Av is undoubtedly the most mysterious day of the Jewish calendar.
A search of the Shulchan Aruch reveals no observances or customs for this date, except for the instruction that the tachanun and similar portions should be omitted from the daily prayers, and that beginning on the 15th of Av one should increase one’s study of Torah, since at this time of the year the nights begin to grow longer, and “the night was created for study.”
And the Talmud tells us that many years ago on this day, young men and women would meet in the vineyards of Jerusalem for the purpose of finding their soul-mate.
The “daughters of Jerusalem would go dance in the vineyards” on the 15th of Av, and “whoever did not have a wife would go there” to find himself a bride, it tells us.
And this is the day which the Talmud considers the greatest festival of the year, with Yom Kippur (!) a close second!
The beautiful girls among them would declare that a young man aught set his eyes to beauty alone. The Talmud does not censure them, even mildly. But surely, as Scripture states, “Charm is false and beauty has no substance”?!
This lecture is presented by Rabbi Moshe New, leader of the Montreal Torah Center and a sought-out lecturer on Kabbalah and its relevance in our lives today.
Its 15 av. That’s the day girls used to come out for shidduchim. Now you can help singles “get out there” by submitting their name to http://www.lubavitchsingles.com (please check first if their name isn’t there yet and follow the guidelines as to which names belong on this particular list)
The ritual was designed in a way that man would look at lady solely for the purpose of finding shiduch. (As far as I remember Rambam suggests this type of looking for finding shiduch) Can you design an event now that lady will be looked at for this purpose ALONE. I doubt it. Some of my thinking: When you chose one from the crowd, you are less likely to look on the side.
How secular.
Anybody interested in doing this on Kinsgston Ave? Same idea, really.
Yeah…if a girl were to dance in public these days everyone would tell her its not modest and say she’s off derech. Someone please explain.