<div class="email_author">James W. Goll with Glory of Zion Ministries:</div>
<div class="email_title">Crisis Prayer for Israel During the Hebrew Month of "Av"<br />(Especially the 9th of Av, which is July 20, this next Tuesday)</div>
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<p>I have adapted this material from several sources of reliable friends (including Glory of Zion Ministries) in the Land of Israel today. I concur with it and hence am bringing it to your attention.</p>
<p>Let us be watchful! A Watchmen for Israel!</p>
<p class="subtitle">Critical Time for Prayers of Protection</p>
<p>This past Monday, July 12th, was the first day of "Av", the fifth month in the Hebrew Biblical calendar. This date is specifically mentioned in Numbers 33:38 as the day on which Aaron, the High Priest died. This is a month which is looked upon with sobriety by many Jewish people—from the first to the ninth, many enter into a form of <em>fasting</em> by abstaining from eating meat.</p>
<p>The three-week period between the 17th of Tammuz and the 9th of Av (July 20th this year) is when the First Temple was destroyed and has sometimes been referred to as "Bein haMetzarim"—<em>between the straits</em>. <span class="script_ref"><strong><em><span style="color: #016d88;">Lamentations 1:3</span></em></strong></span> states, <span class="script_text"><em><span style="color: #016d88;">"All her persecutors overtake her between the dire straits." </span></em></span></p>
<p>Because of the many calamities that have occurred to the Jewish people throughout history during or surrounding this period of time, several key leaders in the land of Israel and in the global prophetic and prayer movements see this as a <strong>critical time for prayers of protection</strong>.</p>
