The Hebrew word for city comes from a verbal root that means "wakeful."

For those of you in New York City, the Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning will be holding its annual ...

The tragic events commemorated on this day of fasting and mourning.

The fast day of Tisha B’av begins tonight. Like Yom Kippur, this fast lasts a full 26 hours. Argh. I ...

In 2025, Tisha B'Av begins at nightfall on Saturday, August 2, and concludes at nightfall on Sunday, August 3.

The liturgy for the 9th of Av includes Lamentations and special additional elegies.

Tisha B'Av, the ninth day of the month of Av, is the major day of communal mourning in the Jewish calendar.

In a few hours we begin mourning the destruction of the Temple. Tisha B’Av is considered the saddest day of ...

What happens when the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, the Ninth of Av, which memorializes the destruction of King ...

Mourning the destruction of both temples, as well as a number of other Jewish tragedies.