Tisha B'Av (Hebrew: תִּשְׁעָה בְּאָב Tīšʿā Bəʾāv; IPA: [tiʃʕa beˈʔav] , lit. 'the ninth of Av') is an annual fast day in Judaism. A commemoration of a...
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been composed, and to this day some are recited by Jews as part of the Tisha Beav kinnot. Several stone inscriptions have been discovered bearing partial...
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exilarch once gave to the tanna Judah ben Bathyra at Nisibis on the eve of Tisha Beav. though in the more exact S. Buber's edition, the feast was given by the...
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Kinnot (category Tisha B'Av)
Bible, and also to later poems which are traditionally recited by Jews on Tisha B'Av. In the Hebrew Bible, the term kinah or qinah refers to a dirge or...
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Talmud Taanit 30a "Tisha B'Av (The Ninth of Av)", Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, accessed March 16, 2006. "Tisha BeAv: The Fast of the...
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Benveniste expressed himself very forcibly against smoking tutun (tobacco) on Tisha BeAv, and reportedly excommunicated a Jew who smoked on that solemn fast-day...
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their souls departed. This story is recited in one of the Kinnot for Tisha BeAv, entitled "Ve'Et Navi Hatati". There are conflicting accounts of his martyrdom...
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Beitzah 11b; Yevamot 9a Yevamot 1:4 Yevamot 14b Halachot Gedolot, laws of Tisha BeAv; Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 580 Beit Yosef, Orach Chaim 580 Eliyahu Rabbah...
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