As Tu B'Av approaches this year, Israeli romantic traditions are adapting to the backdrop of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, Maxi Media reported on Sunday.. Traditionally, couples celebrate Tu B'Av ...

As Jewish communities around the world prepare to observe Tisha B’Av, new kinnot emerge to address the recent devastation of Kibbutz Be’eri and other sites attacked on October 7.

Haroush’s kina is one of many ways Jewish communities plan to use Tisha B’Av, which begins Monday evening, to commemorate the tragedy of Oct. 7 and its aftermath.

Though much of Tisha B’Av is concerned with grief, traditionally the latter part of the day is meant to take a more uplifting tone. So although he wrote a mournful song about Oct. 7, ...

After October 7 everything changed, and suddenly Tisha B’Av feels more real and more relevant than ever. Darkness has once again cast its shadow over Jewish history.

Certain dates lurk in our awareness more than others. Another such date is just around the corner. Starting on Monday evening, Aug. 12, through sunset on Tuesday, Aug. 13, Jews ...

Others also suggested turning Tisha B’Av into a focal point for Jews mourning what they see as a catastrophic development in politics. Jewish leaders in Israel and the United States are invoking ...

Public transportation to the Western Wall in Jerusalem will be increased on Wednesday night, allowing visitors to freely access the Western Wall throughout the night of Tisha B'av (the Ninth of Av ...

Tisha B’Av, the annual fast day that falls in the summer of the Gregorian calendar (the evening of July 26 this year), commemorates both tragic events. Its five prohibitions (including a 25-hour fast) ...

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Several Positive Events That Occurred On Tu B’Av. The plague of death that had accompanied the Jews in the desert for forty years ended. That last year, the last 15,000 men got ready to die.

It occurs a week after Tisha B’Av, an annual fast day that marks the destruction of the two temples in ancient Jerusalem. While Tisha B’Av is a day of mourning, Tu B’Av is a day of jubilation. In ...