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Tisha B’Av Quiz

How much do you know about Tisha B'Av?

The fast day Tisha B’Av commemorates the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem and many other tragedies throughout Jewish history.

 

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Question 1 of 10
On Tisha B'Av, these are worn at minhah
Question 2 of 10
What is a kinah?
Question 3 of 10
Who is the "weeping woman" in the prophet Jeremiah's dirges thought to be?
Question 4 of 10
Which king was responsible for the destruction of the First Temple?
Question 5 of 10
Which Byzantine emperor allowed Jews to pray at the Western Wall on Tisha B'av
Question 6 of 10
In what year were Jews expelled from Spain, one of the Jewish tragedies marked in Tisha B’av?
Question 7 of 10
Beginning on the 1st of Av, traditionally people
Question 8 of 10
In the three-week period before Tisha B’Av, which of these activities do traditional Jews refrain from?
Question 9 of 10
How many Jews died in the war for independence against the Romans?
Question 10 of 10
Which tragic event is not thought to have happened on Tisha B'Bv

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