In the video: Tisha B'Av prayers in Ramat Hasharon together with President Isaac Herzog (Photo: Niv Aharonson)
This year's Tisha B'Av fast will begin on Wednesday, July 26, at sunset, and end just over 24 hours later, on July 27, when the stars come out.
Thousands of people are expected to arrive at the Western Wall in Jerusalem during the fast. As part of the preparations, rescue forces will be reinforced in the area and the entrance to private vehicles in the Old City will be blocked. On Wednesday, starting at 21:30, the Western Wall Heritage Foundation will hold a reading of the Book of Lamentations and recitation of lamentations, which will be broadcast live.
As the fast approaches, worshippers are expected to come every year to sing songs of redemption together. Later, a Kiddush Lavana ceremony will be held with the participation of rabbis and Rebbeim.
Tisha B'Av fast entry and exit times 2023 (Photo: Walla! system, none)
Entry and exit times of the Tisha B'Av fast
Jerusalem
Fasting begins: 19:39 p.m.; End of fast: 20:09 Tel Aviv
Fasting begins: 19
:41; End of fast: 20:11 Haifa
Fasting begins: 19:41
; End of fast: 20:11
Beersheba
Fasting begins: 19:40; End of fast: 20:10 Safed
Fasting begins: 19:40
; End of fast: 20:10
More in Walla!
5 recipes to break the fast
See full article >
More in Walla!
- Don't explode, baby: 7 recipes for a break meal of Tisha B'Av
Prayer at the Western Wall, Tisha B'Av 2022 (Photo: official website, Western Wall Heritage Foundation)
Lamentations on the night of fasting. Western Wall, Tisha B'Av 2022(Photo: official website, Western Wall Heritage Foundation)
Why fast on Tisha B'Av?
Tisha B'Av is the most severe of the four fasts associated with the destruction of the Temple, as well as the longest. According to Jewish tradition, on this day the two Temples were destroyed, and according to the Mishnah, the sin of the spies occurred, due to which it was decreed that the Israelites would not enter the land, the city was captured during the Bar Kokhba revolt and the land of Jerusalem was plowed in preparation for the establishment of the Roman city of Aelia Capitoline on its ruins.
Throughout Jewish history, other tragic events have been associated with Tisha B'Av or the days surrounding it, including the expulsion of the Jews of England by King Edward I in 1290, the expulsion of French Jews by Philip IV in 1306, and the expulsion from Spain in 1492. On the 1942th of Av <>, the Nazis began the Great Aktion from the Warsaw Ghetto to the Treblinka extermination camp. Even today, against the background of the widening rift among the people, many remind us of the fact that the first law in the legal revolution was passed a few days before Tisha B'Av.
More in Walla!
Tisha B'Av 2022: Fasting entry and exit times and all customs
See full article >
They used to sit on the floor. Prayer in a synagogue on Tisha B'Av 2022 (Photo: Avi Rokach)
Mourning customs
The Tisha B'Av fast is the second most important in Judaism, and besides the prohibition against eating and drinking, it also forbids washing, lubrication, wearing leather shoes and "using the bed." They also did not study Torah, work (except for necessary work), say "hello," sleep on a mattress and sit on a chair until midnight.
On this day, the Book of Lamentations is read in the synagogues and lamentations are recited for the destruction of the Temple, all while sitting on the floor or on stools. In some synagogues it is customary to remove the curtain from the Holy Ark and dim the lighting. Putting on tefillin and wrapping in a tallit is postponed in most communities to Mincha prayers, with the easing of mourning customs. In some communities, mourning customs continue until the day after the fast.
- news
- News in Israel
- Events in Israel
Tags
- Fasting
- Tisha B'Av