Thursday 23 July
The 25-hour fast mourning the destruction of both Temples, when Eichah (Lamentations) is read. Deferred to Sunday when 9 Av is Shabbat.
תשעה באב
Tisha B’Av 2026
The fast in the month of Av for the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem.
In 2026 it falls on different days, from Wednesday 22 July to Saturday 25 July.
Like every day of the Jewish year, it begins at sunset the evening before. Karaite dates are projected, and may move a day once the new moon is sighted.
The date
In each branch
Thursday 23 July
The 25-hour fast mourning the destruction of both Temples, when Eichah (Lamentations) is read. Deferred to Sunday when 9 Av is Shabbat.
Wednesday 22 July
Fire was set to the House of the LORD, on the seventh of the fifth month.
Saturday 25 July
The House of the LORD was consumed, on the tenth of the fifth month.
The season
The days around it
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Thursday 25 June · Karaite
Fast of the Fourth Month
The walls of Jerusalem were breached, on the ninth of the fourth month.
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Thursday 2 July · Masorti and Reform
Shiva Asar B'Tammuz
A dawn-to-nightfall fast for the breaching of Jerusalem's walls — the start of the Three Weeks.
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