Tisha B'Av
Temple destruction anniversary
Tisha B'Av is a Jewish day of mourning commemorating the destruction of both ancient Temples in Jerusalem.
The name is Hebrew for "the ninth of Av," the date on the Jewish calendar when the fast occurs.
Observers abstain from food and drink for approximately 25 hours, read the Book of Lamentations, and refrain from pleasurable activities.
It falls in July or August.
- mourningPeriod following loss
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
- holy daySacred date for worship
- TempleNamed religious structure
- First TempleAncient Jerusalem's original sanctuary
Second Temple · destruction · Jerusalem · lament · ashes · tears · exile · scrolls · Jeremiah · weeping · sackcloth · sitting · floor · leather shoes · candles · dim · low lighting · tragedy
- FastingRamadan, Yom Kippur, Lenten fasting, water fast, intermittent fasting
- Jewish CalendarRosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Pesach, Passover, Hanukkah
- Jewish holidaysPassover, Hanukkah, Pesach, Purim, Rosh Hashanah
- religious fastsLent, Ramadan, Yom Kippur, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday
- Jewish FastsYom Kippur
- JudaismShabbat, kosher, Passover, Torah, Hanukkah