THE SEVEN HAFTAROT OF COMFORT

The Ninth of Av [on the Jewish calendar] marks the destruction of first Temple and second Temples. Three haftarot known as "The Three Haftarot of Punishment" are read on the three Sabbaths that precede the Ninth of Av.

Then, on the Sabbath following the Ninth of Av, there begins the series of "The Seven Haftarot of Consolation."