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    Tisha B'Av (Hebrew: תִּשְׁעָה בְּאָב Tīšʿā Bəʾāv; IPA: [tiʃʕa beˈʔav] , lit. 'the ninth of Av') is an annual fast day in Judaism. A commemoration of a...
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    conduct weddings on Tisha B'Av itself "out of historical consciousness and respect" for the Jewish community. Tisha B'Av : 9 Av Tisha B'Av (תשעה באב) is a...
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    Jerusalem (ca. 324–638), Jews were completely barred from Jerusalem except on Tisha B'Av, the day of national mourning for the Temples. The term "Wailing Wall"...
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    for over a year. Tu B'Av is a day of joy that follows Tisha B'Av by six days and contrasts with the sadness of Tisha B'Av. Tu B'Av does not have many established...
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  • The Nine Days (category Tisha B'Av)
    Rosh Chodesh Av ("First of Av") and culminates on the public fast day of Tisha B'Av ("Ninth of Av"). The Nine Days are part of a larger period of time known...
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  • Chodesh Av until the week in which Tisha B'Av falls The week in which Tisha B'Av falls until the Eighth of Av Tisha B'Av itself Standard Ashkenazic custom...
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    Dairy foods are traditionally eaten on Shavuot. Blintzes Cheesecake Tisha B'av is a fast day, preceded by nine days when Jews traditionally do not eat...
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  • Tisha or Tishah is the Hebrew word for the number nine, as in Tisha B'Av (= 9th of the month Av), an annual fasting day in Judaism. Tisha is a given name...
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  • Kinnot (category Tisha B'Av)
    Bible, and also to later poems which are traditionally recited by Jews on Tisha B'Av. In the Hebrew Bible, the term kinah or qinah refers to a dirge or lament...
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  • Shavuot* Thursday, July 20: Tzom Tammuz Thursday, August 10: Tisha B'Av Wednesday, August 16: Tu B'Av Saturday, September 30: Rosh HaShanah* Monday, October...
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    the Nine Days which culminate in Tisha B'Av, the 9th day of Av. However, the month also contains a holiday called Tu B'Av which was, in ancient times, considered...
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  • activities is the Annual Walk around the Walls of the Old City on the eve of Tisha B'Av. According to the findings of the Cairo Geniza, the custom of walking...
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    The Twelve Spies (category Tisha B'Av)
    Mishnah Taanit 4:6), the sin of the spies produced the annual fast day of Tisha B'Av. When the Israelites accepted the false report, they wept over the false...
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  • Syria Palaestina; Jews were prohibited in the city except for the day of Tisha B'av. Rabbis that survived persecution (see Ten Martyrs) were allowed to continue...
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    not recited at all on other fast days, such as Gedaliah or Esther or Tisha B'Av, since they have no such names that can be inserted into the blessing...
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    Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE) (category Tisha B'Av)
    the war, the city was ravaged by murder, famine, and cannibalism. On Tisha B'Av, 70 CE (August 30), Roman forces overwhelmed the defenders and set fire...
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    Break fast (category Tisha B'Av)
    consumed, including bread and water. The two major fasts of Yom Kippur and Tisha B'Av last about 25 hours, from before sundown on the previous night until after...
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    Book of Lamentations (איכה Eikhah or Kinnot) is read on the night of Tisha B'Av in all Jewish communities. Ecclesiastes (קהלת Kohelet) is read publicly...
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    warp threads to a weaving loom from Rosh Chodesh Av onwards (till after Tisha B'Av), because during the month of Av the Foundation Stone [and the Temple]...
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  • הַשִׁירִים (Passover) Rūth (Ruth) רוּת (Shavuot) Eikhah (Lamentations) איכה (Tisha B'Av or Yom Kippur; also called Kinnot in Hebrew) Qōheleth (Ecclesiastes) קהלת...
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    campaign to relocate Jabotinsky's remains to Israel. On the anniversary of Tisha B'Av (August 1938), Jabotinsky said: It is already three years that I am calling...
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    marks the beginning of The Three Weeks, a mourning period leading up to Tisha B'Av. The day also traditionally commemorates the destruction of the two tablets...
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  • anything which is known until now. That is the meaning of the festival of Tisha B'Av. The Arizal teaches that the 7 Nations in Pentateuch are 10: he includes...
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    collectively known as "The Nine Days" (Tisha HaYamim), and are a period of semi-mourning leading up to Tisha B'Av, the ninth day of Av on which both Temples...
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    Jewish tradition, the fortress was breached and destroyed on the fast of Tisha B'av, the ninth day of the lunar month Av, a day of mourning for the destruction...
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    permanently in the Jewish calendar serve this purpose. These fasts include: Tisha B'Av, the Seventeenth of Tammuz, the Tenth of Tevet, and the Fast of Gedalia...
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    various religions, and details of fasting practices differ. Yom Kippur, Tisha B'av, Fast of Esther, Tzom Gedalia, the Seventeenth of Tamuz, the Tenth of...
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  • various religions. Examples include Lent in Christianity and Yom Kippur, Tisha B'av, Fast of Esther, Fast of Gedalia, the Seventeenth of Tammuz, and the Tenth...
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  • Entertainment Venues on Tisha B'Av (Special Authorization), 1997 is a law that deals with the public character of Tisha B'Av night in the State of Israel...
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    "Akhlah: Tisha B'Av - Traditions". Archived from the original on 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2012-12-23. Rabbi Yirmiyahu Ullman. "The Laws of Tisha B'Av". Ohr...
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