Tisha B'Av

Parashat Ki Tavo: The basket of first fruits

The world is so beautiful when we look upon it with a good eye; when we bless its creator and are filled with gratitude.

GRAPES GROW in the Tali Vineyard in Moshav Lachish.
 "Jeremiah seated in the ruins of Jerusalem," Eduard Bendemann, 1837.

Leading with libel: Tisha B'Av and the global attack on Israel - opinion

WESTERN WALL.

Tisha B’Av in Jerusalem: Reflections on loss, return, and Zionism

 People spend time at a beach in Tel Aviv during the Israel-Iran war, June 21, 2025; illustrative.

Embracing diversity, healing through Tisha B’Av - opinion


Chief Sephardi rabbi allows music during 3 weeks for those in quarantine

Jews around the world follow mourning practices in the three weeks before Tisha Be’av, the day on which the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed.

SEPHARDI CHIEF Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef

Tisha Be'av: Orthodox Union to discuss COVID-19 impact on Jewish community

Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb's Torah study (shiur) titled “Reflections on Recovery, Resilience, and Redemption” - meant to be heard after mincha - will be available all day across all US time zones.

A Jewish worshipper prays in front of an entrance to the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, on Tisha B'Av, a day of fasting and lament, in Jerusalem's Old City August 1, 2017.

A song of support in the time of coronavirus and the 'three weeks'

"I think that's very relevant to the current situation. In times like this we all need to remember that we can rely on those around us for a helping hand."

Members of the Israeli a capella group Rabotai.

Eicha - the question that reverberates throughout history

This year will undoubtedly be known as the Year of Corona. But it should also be called the Year of the Protest.

READING MEGILLAT Eicha in Jerusalem’s Independence Park on a previous Tisha Be’Av eve

God is on our side

There is no get-out-of-jail-free card. Be aware of your behaviors

There is no get-out-of-jail-free card. Be aware of your behaviors

Tisha Be'av in the PA's Hebron

The Tomb of Otniel Ben Knaz, located just over the border that divides Hebron with the Palestinian Authority, was the site of Jewish prayers on the fast day.

IDF SOLDIERS and visitors pray with Hebron’s shopping malls in the distance.

Why Tisha Be’av is more relevant than ever

Modern Jews sitting in the stunning city of Jerusalem sometimes struggle to mourn the destruction of the city and its Temple.

‘AUTO-DA-FE ON Plaza Mayor, Madrid,’ by Francisco Rizi, 1680, illustrates the Spanish Inquisition-era ritual of public penance of condemned heretics.

Israeli watchdog accuses PA of plotting Temple Mount violence

Tisha Be’Av this year coincided with the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, Festival of Sacrifice.

Muslim worshippers on Temple Mount as police barred Jewish entrance on Tisha Be'av

Give baseless love a chance

To this day, the state’s religious establishment continues to exert control over its citizens’ most intimate moments.

Thousands of visitors gather at the entrance to Temple Mount in attempt to pressure the police in to lifting the prohibition on Tisha Be'Av

Standing with AMIA on the Fast of Av

The destruction of the Temple brought with it exile not only from our land and centralized place of worship, but from one another. We have done little to rectify this situation.

MEMBERS OF THE Argentinean Jewish community in Buenos Aires hold up pictures of the victims of the AMIA Jewish center bombing, during a ceremony in 2015 to mark the 21th anniversary of the 1994 attack