Tisha B'Av at Beth Zion

The Holiday

Tisha B’Av (lit. “the ninth of Av”), is an annual fast day in Judaism which commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem and the subsequent exile of the Jews from the Land of Israel. The day also commemorates other tragedies which occurred on the same day, including the Roman massacre of over 100,000 Jews at Betar in 132 CE. Instituted by the rabbis of 2nd-century Palestine, Tisha B’Av is regarded as the saddest day in the Jewish calendar and a day which is destined for tragedy.

 

Schedule at Beth Zion

August 4, 2014

• 8:00 PM – Mincha Erev Tisha B’Av in the Main Sanctuary
• 8:18 PM – Fast Begins. Mincha followed by Megilat Eicha

August 5, 2014

• 6:00 AM – Shacharit: First Minyan
• 8:00 AM – Shacharit: Second Minyan
  Explanatory Kinnot led by Rabbi Perton in the Main Sanctuary
• 1:00 PM – Chatzot/Midday
• 5:00 PM – Tisha B’Av Video: Strike on Heaven
• 6:30 PM – “In First Person” with Ted Bolgar, in the Smiley Auditorium
• 7:45 PM – Mincha with Tallit and Tefillin in the Granofsky Chapel
• Class between Mincha & Ma’ariv – Rabbi Perton
• 8:58 PM – Fast Ends