Bein haMetzarim

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Jewish mourning period period of mourning in Judaism

Bein haMetzarim is a Jewish mourning period in midsummer commemorating the calamities and destruction associated with the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bein HaMetzarim	1
Bein ha-Metzarim	1
Bein haMetzarim canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3252006 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bein haMetzarim
Context triple: [Three Weeks, alsoKnownAs, Bein haMetzarim]

A. Vehi She’amda
Vehi She’amda is a central passage in the Passover Haggadah that praises God’s ongoing protection of the Jewish people throughout history despite repeated persecutions.
B. Sarei HaMeah
Sarei HaMeah is a significant Hebrew work by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Maimon that profiles and analyzes one hundred prominent rabbinic figures.
C. Boneh Yerushalayim
Boneh Yerushalayim is the third blessing in the Jewish Grace After Meals, focusing on the rebuilding of Jerusalem and the restoration of the Temple.
D. Har HaZeitim
Har HaZeitim is the Hebrew name for the Mount of Olives, a historically and religiously significant ridge east of Jerusalem central to Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.
E. Lo Zeh Ha-Derekh
Lo Zeh Ha-Derekh is a seminal Hebrew essay by Ahad Ha'am that critiques political Zionism and advocates for a cultural and spiritual renaissance as the foundation of Jewish national revival.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bein haMetzarim
Target entity description: Bein haMetzarim is a Jewish mourning period in midsummer commemorating the calamities and destruction associated with the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem.

A. Vehi She’amda
Vehi She’amda is a central passage in the Passover Haggadah that praises God’s ongoing protection of the Jewish people throughout history despite repeated persecutions.
B. Sarei HaMeah
Sarei HaMeah is a significant Hebrew work by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Maimon that profiles and analyzes one hundred prominent rabbinic figures.
C. Boneh Yerushalayim
Boneh Yerushalayim is the third blessing in the Jewish Grace After Meals, focusing on the rebuilding of Jerusalem and the restoration of the Temple.
D. Har HaZeitim
Har HaZeitim is the Hebrew name for the Mount of Olives, a historically and religiously significant ridge east of Jerusalem central to Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.
E. Lo Zeh Ha-Derekh
Lo Zeh Ha-Derekh is a seminal Hebrew essay by Ahad Ha'am that critiques political Zionism and advocates for a cultural and spiritual renaissance as the foundation of Jewish national revival.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish mourning period ⓘ period of mourning in Judaism ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bein HaMetzarim ⓘ linked to: Bein haMetzarim The Three Weeks of Mourning ⓘ Three Weeks ⓘ
associatedWith	First Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
calendar	Hebrew calendar ⓘ
category	Jewish fast days and mourning periods ⓘ
commemorates	calamities that befell the Jewish people ⓘ destruction of the First Temple ⓘ destruction of the Second Temple ⓘ
culturalSignificance	central period of Jewish historical memory ⓘ
duration	three weeks ⓘ
endEvent	Tisha B’Av ⓘ linked to: Tisha BAv
focus	Jewish suffering through history ⓘ Temple destruction ⓘ
groomingRestriction	customary avoidance of haircuts and shaving ⓘ
halakhicStatus	period with customary restrictions ⓘ
hasHebrewName	בין המצרים ⓘ
includes	Nine Days ⓘ week of Tisha B’Av ⓘ
languageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
linkedFastDay	Seventeenth of Tammuz ⓘ Tisha B’Av ⓘ linked to: Tisha BAv
liturgicalColor	somber ⓘ
marriageRestriction	customary avoidance of weddings ⓘ
meaningOfName	between the straits ⓘ
musicRestriction	customary avoidance of live music ⓘ
observedBy	Conservative Jews ⓘ linked to: Conservative Judaism Orthodox Jews ⓘ linked to: Orthodox Judaism religious Jews ⓘ some other Jewish communities ⓘ
practice	fasting on Tisha B’Av ⓘ fasting on the Seventeenth of Tammuz ⓘ mourning customs ⓘ recitation of kinot on Tisha B’Av ⓘ refraining from haircuts ⓘ refraining from music ⓘ refraining from weddings ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
scripturalAllusion	Book of Lamentations 1:3 ⓘ linked to: Lamentations
season	summer ⓘ
startEvent	Fast of the Seventeenth of Tammuz ⓘ linked to: Seventeenth of Tammuz
theologicalTheme	exile and destruction ⓘ hope for redemption ⓘ national Jewish mourning ⓘ
timeInHebrewCalendar	17 Tammuz to 9 Av ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Three Weeks → alsoKnownAs → Bein haMetzarim ⓘ

Seventeenth of Tammuz → startsPeriod → Bein ha-Metzarim ⓘ

linked to: Bein haMetzarim

Bein haMetzarim → alsoKnownAs → Bein HaMetzarim ⓘ