The Talmud tells us that the two happiest days in the Jewish calendar are Yom Kippur and the fifteenth of Av (Tu B’Av) because on those days the single woman of Jerusalem would go out into the vineyards wearing borrowed (so as not to embarrass the poorer girls) white dresses and call out to the young men, “lift up your eyes and see what you are choosing. Don’t look at outer beauty but rather look for a good upbringing and family.” Tu B’Av, then, is the ultimate Jewish singles event! At the end of the chapter relating to Tu...
