feivel, R’ Akiva did laugh when he saw the foxes wandering at the site of the Bais HaMikdosh, but that was a long time after the destruction. After the chorban Yirmiyahu haNavi accompanied the Jews to Golus crying. Where is he criticized for this? I don’t think very many gedolim celebrated the chorban when it happened. Even now, thousands of years after the chorban, it’s a mitzvah to mourn the destruction of the Bais HaMikdosh in its proper time, and one who does not mourn it properly is chayiv.
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