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Tisha
b'Av
Holiday: Tisha b'Av
When It's Observed: The ninth
(tisha) day of the Hebrew month of
Av. This year, Tisha b'Av begins
Wednesday night, July 17, and ends
Thursday night, July 18.
Why It's Observed: On this day, on
two separate occasions, the Holy
Temple of Jerusalem was destroyed.
Other destructions also have befallen
the Jewish people on this day.
What We Do:
Tisha b'Av is one
of only two full
fasts on the Jewish
calendar. No eat-
ing or drinking is
permitted from
sunset to sundown
of the next day
(except for those
who, because of medical reasons, may
not fast). The other full fast is Yom
Kippur. Further, on Tisha b'Av, we do
not wear leather shoes or use per-
fume, bathe for pleasure or engage in
marital relations. One is
not allowed any enjoyable
activity on Tisha b'Av,
even the study of Torah,
though one may read
Eichah (Book of
Lamentations) and The
Book ofJob.
Traditions: Before the fast
begins, many will eat a last
meal consisting of bread
and an egg. Those who
study Torah will limit this material to
sad topics. Synagogues will take down
the curtain on the Ark and subdue
the lighting in the sanctuary.
The Service: During Maariv
(evening) services on Tisha b'Av, we
read Eichah in the synagogue after
regular davening, or prayer. Those
who come to pray sit on the floor or
low stools, appropriate for mourners.
Those who are still wearing leather
shoes will remove them for the servic-
es. As they conclude, the congrega-
tion says together the following verse
from Lamentations: "Turn Thou us
unto Thee, 0 Lord, and we shall be
turned. Renew our days as of old."
Following the reading of Eichah, it
is traditional to recite a number of
kinot, or dirges.
The following day on Tisha b'Av,
tefillin and tallit are not be worn dur-
ing shoehorn-, the
morning service.
Anenu ("Answer
Us") is recited.
This ancient
prayer, cited in
the Talmud and
read on each fast
day, calls upon
God to "answer
us ... in all times of trouble and dis-
tress." Anenu also is read during the
afternoon service.
The Torah reading on Tisha b'Av is
Deuteronomy 4:25-40. The subject is
Moses' warning to the
Children of Israel of
their fate should they
forsake the Torah
(though in the end, they
are told, God will have
mercy and forgive them).
A number of congrega-
tions also have chosen to
recite special kinot to
mark the millions of -
Jewish lives lost in the
Holocaust. Two of these
may be found in The Complete Tisha
b'Av Service published by Artscroll.
At Minchah, the afternoon service,
tallit and tefillin are worn.
This service also includes a Torah
reading, with haftarah. By this time
of day, it is permitted to sit on ordi-
nary chairs. ❑
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