Tisha B'Av / 9 Av 5780
Tisha B’Av (the 9th of Av) is the major day of communal mourning. First and foremost Tisha B’Av commemorates the destruction of both the first and second temples in Jerusalem (586 B.C.E. and 70 C.E. respectively), but many other travesties have occurred on the same date. (MyJewishLearning.com)
Tisha B'Av / 9 Av Service Schedule
Wednesday, July 29| 8-9:30 PM
An Evening of Sharing, Learning and Meditation, includes reading Megillat Eicha, Book of Lamentations.
Follow along in Megillat Eicha/Lamentations.
Access the siddur for Tisha b'Av.
Thursday, July 30| 7:30 AM
Shacharit/morning service
Thursday, July 30 | 7:30 PM
Tisha B'Av mincha (afternoon) service followed by ma'ariv (evening) service
Fast of Tisha B'Av ends | 8:54 PM
Resources for creating a meaningful observance
Tisha B’Av - Navigating Loss and Grief during COVID-19:
An Evening of Sharing, Learning, and Meditation
On this night of mourning, a time when we commemorate the losses that have changed Judaism and the Jewish people, we come together to speak of, acknowledge and mourn our losses. Since the outbreak of COVID-19 we have all experienced losses, broken dreams, missed opportunities, and many other things that we mourn, large and small. They are all significant, all impactful and we have felt them as individuals, as a community and a nation.
Please join us for a special Tisha B'Av commemoration 8-9:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 29. Interwoven with Ma'ariv, the evening service, and the reading of Megillat Eicha, the Book of Lamentations, we will acknowledge our individual, communal and national losses. In small groups, we will have a chance to talk about the things we miss and mourn. The event will also include niggunim, kinot (traditional poems and songs of mourning for Tisha B’Av) and meditation.
Connect via Zoom to the Tisha b’Av service/ceremony and use the guide with suggestions for how to create a sacred space in your home.
As part of the ceremony, we will be showing a virtual wall of memory. Please send an email describing in a word or a short sentence a loss that has impacted you this year. Examples are a missed vacation, a missed graduation, the loss of someone you care about, a job lost, a zoom bar/bat mitzvah instead of being there in person, or a cancelled performance. Send your email to Rachel Goldberg no later than Monday, July 20, to be included in the virtual Wall of Memory presentation.
Fri, January 15 2021 2 Shevat 5781
