תשעה באב

Tisha B’Av 2029

The fast in the month of Av for the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem.

In 2029: Thursday 19 July in Karaite (7 Av) practice, and Sunday 22 July in Masorti, Reform and Karaite (10 Av) practice.

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

Masorti

Sunday 22 July

The 25-hour fast mourning the destruction of both Temples, when Eichah (Lamentations) is read. Deferred to Sunday when 9 Av is Shabbat.

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Reform

Sunday 22 July

The 25-hour fast mourning the destruction of both Temples, when Eichah (Lamentations) is read. Deferred to Sunday when 9 Av is Shabbat.

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Karaite · 7 Av

Thursday 19 July

Fire was set to the House of the LORD, on the seventh of the fifth month.

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Karaite · 10 Av

Sunday 22 July

The House of the LORD was consumed, on the tenth of the fifth month.

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The season

The days around it

  1. Friday 22 June · Karaite

    Fast of the Fourth Month

    The walls of Jerusalem were breached, on the ninth of the fourth month.

  2. Sunday 1 July · Masorti

    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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Tisha B’Av in other years: 2026 · 2027 · 2028. Every holy day of the year is on the calendar and in Judaism.