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Tisha b'Av

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Holidays & Observances

IDF Rabbis Rule Most Soldiers Must Not Fast on Tisha B’Av

By Pesach Benson / TPS

"Fasting during operational activity is prohibited; it is a life-threatening matter," says the Israeli Military Rabbinate.

Video of the Day / The Land of Israel

What Iran Doesn't Know About Tisha B'Av

By Video of the Day

Could Iran be making the same mistake that Haman did 2500 years ago?

Video of the Day

Rabbi Manis Friedman on Tisha B'Av

By Video of the Day

What is Tisha b'Av? What are we mourning? 

Guest Blog

The First Time I Ever Truly Felt the Pain of Tisha B'Av

By Devorah Malka Cenker

The year 2005 was the first time I ever truly felt the pain of Tishabaav.

Featured / The Temple Mount

Thousands of Jews Ascend Temple Mount on Tisha B'Av

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hamas previously threatened to attack if Jews went up on Tisha B'Av.

Video of the Day

Eichah in the Old City of Jerusalem

By Video of the Day

Tisha B'Av Eichah reading at the Cotton Gate in Old City of Jerusalem.

Video of the Day

Uncovering the Ashes of First Temple Period Jerusalem

By Video of the Day

First Temple remains discovered in the Givati parking lot.

Am Yisrael Chai

Remembering Israel

By Shmuel Sackett

Don’t just ask when the fast ends… ask when the exile ends.

Video of the Day / Jerusalem

A Journey Back to The Destructions of Jerusalem - Tisha B’Av Special

By Video of the Day

Join us for our walk through the both destructions of Jerusalem in the City of David as we journey back in time to the fateful encounters with both the Babylonians and the Romans.

Featured / History / Holidays & Observances / Religion / Judaism

9 B'Av Fast Starts Shabbat at Dusk, Ends Sunday Night, Keep It Meaningful

By Jewish Press Staff

On Av 10, 5765 the Ariel Sharon government uprooted thousands of Jews from the Gaza Strip.

Podcasts

The Vilification Of The Zealots

By Rav Yehuda Hakohen

Why was the Judean freedom movement vilified in rabbinic literature and in the writings of Josephus?

Sponsored Posts

WATCH: Rachel’s Tears, A Meaningful Tisha B'Av Video

By Aleph Beta Scholars

If you want to understand what steps you can take towards greater healing and reconciliation, if you want to understand the woman who is portrayed as the model of transformative action, watch this video and let it enter your heart.

Police and Crime / The Temple Mount

Several Israelis Detained on Tisha B’Av for Praying on Temple Mount

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The police also arrested several Muslims who reacted violently to the Jews’ visits at the holy site.

Holidays & Observances / Coronavirus

Israel to Relax Synagogue Attendance Restrictions Ahead of Tisha B’Av, Ministers Say

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

According to the heads of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox parties, the Israeli Health Ministry will announce the new directives by Wednesday.

Terrorism / Police and Crime / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

3rd Suspect Arrested for Attempted Lynch of Israeli Motorist on Way to Kotel on Tisha B’Av

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

A policeman in a nearby car saw the attack, exited his car and fired in the air, thus extracting the motorist from a potential lynching.

Middle East / Levant / Islamists / The Temple Mount / Israeli Arabs

Islamic Countries Blast Israel for Tisha B’Av Clashes - Ignoring that Muslim Instigated It

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Condemnation poured in from across the Arab and Islamic world after violence erupted at the sensitive site during overlapping Muslim, Jewish holidays.

Headline / The Temple Mount

As Muslims Riot, Jews Initially Banned from Entering Temple Mount on Tisha B’Av

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Muslim leaders over the weekend called on Jerusalem’s Muslims to ensure that Jews could not visit the site during their day of national mourning.

Arts

Tisha B'Av and Converso Jews

By Sharon Katz

Crypto-Jews, who saw in their own circumstances a reflection of the events of Tisha B’Av.

Featured / Israel / Religion / Judaism

The Grieving Habits of Israeli Jews

By JNi.Media

Four percent of Israeli Jews (almost two hundred and fifty thousand) say they visit the Western Wall on Tisha B'Av.

Featured / Jewish / Politics / Government / History / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religion

Is It Time to Stop Fasting on the 17th of Tamuz?

By JNi.Media

It appears that in order to revoke an ancient law such as the fast of Tamuz 17, there really has to be a major consensus among all of us that the time of joy and gladness is here again.

The Jay Shapiro Show

The Jay Shapiro Show --The Temple Mount

By Israel News Talk Radio

Israel's history and Temple is being denied by an artificial Palestinian people.

Photo of the Day

Under Protection

By Photo of the Day

Ultra-Orthodox Jews visit Hebron under tight protection by the IDF

Headline / Jewish / Politics / Police and Crime / The Courts / The Temple Mount / Religious & Secular in Israel

Ignorant of Tradition, On 9 B'Av Police Tase Man Who Tore Garment on Temple Mount

By JNi.Media

At the hearing, the Police representative claimed that the detainees had been arrested because they had violated the public order during their visit to the Temple Mount by ripping their clothes.

Headline / The Temple Mount

A Thousand Jews Manage to Visit Temple Mount on Tisha B'Av

By Jewish Press News Desk

The police didn't want to simply open the gates to the masses of Jews waiting to go up.

Featured / Video of the Day

Hashem or the Hashemites

By Video of the Day

Yishai Fleisher's amazing speech at the Walk Around the Walls on Tisha B'Av.

The Temple Mount / Kidz

Free Beit Hamikdash Model for Kids

By Jewish Press Staff

A free, printable paper model of the Beit HaMikdash that kids can assemble is being made available by Tzivos Hashem Traditional Crafts Workshops.

Featured / Politics / Police and Crime / History / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religion

Holiday Sensation, No Arabs, on Temple Mount on 9 B'Av Week

By JNi.Media

Other than that one Jordanian Waqf agent, the Temple Mount was almost empty of Muslims Sunday.

Sponsored Posts / Jewish / Jerusalem

Join the 'Walk Around the Walls' on Tisha B'Av

By Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar

Every year, thousands of Jews join in the annual Tisha B'Av eve walk.

Video of the Day

Time to Rebuild

By Video of the Day

"For 2000 years we cried, 50 years we waited, now it's time to build."

Video of the Day

An Introduction to the Three Weeks

By Video of the Day

Rabbi Brovender discusses some of the customs of mourning that are in place during the Three Weeks.

The Tamar Yonah Show

The Tamar Yonah Show - The Pain of Tisha B'Av

By Israel News Talk Radio

On this special Tisha B'Av edition, Tamar reads from the Book of Lamentations to give you a better understanding why Jews fast and why they feel so much pain today.

IDF & Security / Jewish / Politics / History / News Briefs / Islamists / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Judea & Samaria / Religion

Thousands March 9 B'Av Night in Support of Israeli Sovereignty in Judea and Samaria

By JNi.Media

The state of mind of "I can't do it" is the cause of defeat. That's the root of the destruction, said march organizer Yehudit Katsover.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Islamists / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religion / Israeli Arabs

Arabs Calling for Tisha B'Av Confrontations on Temple Mount

By JNi.Media

Of course, no Jew has even mentioned Al Aqsa mosque, because Jews, especially religious Jews, prefer to attend their services in a synagogue, thank you very much.

Halacha & Hashkafa / Holidays

When Tisha B'Av falls on Shabbat or Sunday

By Guest Author

What are the main changes when Tisha B'Av falls on Shabbat or Sunday?

Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten

Israel Uncensored: We Must Visit the Temple Mount en Masse - MK Yehuda Glick

By The Land of Israel

Is the Temple Mount truly in ‘our hands’? Josh Hasten interviews Temple Mount activist MK Rabbi Yehuda Glick on this weeks Israel Uncensored.

Ari Fuld's Sword of Israel

Why I Cry on the 9th of Av

By Ari Fuld HY"D

I have not gone up although I yearn to walk, pray and worship on the holiest place on Earth for the Jewish people and it is emotionally depressing to see what is happening up there.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / The Temple Mount / Intifada

Temple Mount Policemen Released from Hospital

By Jewish Press News Desk

Two Israeli policemen that were injured by Islamic terrorists on the Temple Mount on Sunday.

Holidays & Observances / Photo of the Day

The Walk Around the Walls

By Photo of the Day

Rectification for the Sin of the Spies – "Sovereignty”

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Holidays & Observances / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Intifada

Livestream Video Feeds from the Temple Mount

By Jewish Press News Desk

The following is a live feed / compilation of video feeds from Jewish visitors on the Temple Mount today, on Tisha b'Av. In the video you can see how the Jews get "greeted" by the Arabs on the Temple Mount, and the treatment they also get by the police, who are not happy that Jews […]

News Briefs / Religion / Judaism

Fast of 17th of Tammuz Is on the 18th of Tammuz

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

In three weeks, the Fast of the 9th of Av will be on the 10th of Av.

Photo of the Day

Sackcloth and Ashes

By Jewish Press Staff

Women in Green organized a reading of the Book of Eichah (Lamentations) on the eve of the Jewish fast day of Tisha B'av, in front of the American Consulate in Jerusalem, on August 4, 2014. An estimated 1500 people took part in the reading and later marched around the walls of the Old City. Tisha […]

News Briefs / Holidays & Observances / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount

Hundreds of Jews Ascend Temple Mount for Tisha B’Av

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

“Today, on Tisha B'Av, the day upon which the Holy Temple was destroyed, we came together with hundreds of Jews to the Temple Mount to fulfill the commandment of being in the holy place, to pray there for the welfare of the IDF soldiers who are defending all of Israel..."

Op-Eds

Why I Look At Israel And Don’t See Tragedy

By Alec Borenstein

his Tisha B’Av, and this Tu B’Av, remember: Hashem will protect us if we unite and rally around Him

Parsha

Human Endeavor And Divine Intervention

By Rabbi Avi Weiss

One must act as if everything depends on us and pray as if everything depends on God.

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

Remaining Positive on Tisha B’Av and Kosher Hot Dogs in America

By Moshe Herman

Yishai and Malkah discuss Tisha B'Av in Jerusalem and respond to Yishai's most recent article on Ynet.

Guest Blog

Tisha B'Av- The Lessons of Jerusalem 5773

By Rabbi Joshua Gerstein

Every year, one of the greatest challenges going into Tisha B'Av is the statement of the Gemara Yerusalmi “A generation in which the Temple is not built is considered to be one in which it was destroyed"

Government / Jerusalem / Religion / Judaism

Jews Sue Police for Barring Them from Temple Mount on Tisha B’Av

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Babylonians and Romans destroyed the Holy Temples long ago. Since 1967, the site of the ruins returned to Jews, but Muslims have de facto rule. Police barred Jewish entry on Tisha B’Av and now face a lawsuit

Fink or Swim

Meeting the Challenge of Tisha B’Av: a Proposal

By Rabbi Eliyahu Fink

Can we hear the agony in his words? Can we step into his shoes and experience his torment?

News Briefs / Jerusalem

Walking Around the Walls - Tisha B'Av 2013 (Photo Essay)

By Gershon Ellinson

On Tisha B'Av evening, the Women in Green led their traditional march with a packed crowd (despite the late hour) around the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem.

US / Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Religion

Netanyahu Opens ‘Direct Talks' with Abbas: Greetings on Ramadan

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Who says Netanyahu does not want peace with Abbas? He picked up the phone to wish him greetings on Ramadan. Why didn’t Kerry think of that? Maybe Arabs will call tonight and wish Bibi a good fast.”

The Muqata

Tisha B'Av - The Children Are Ready. Are You? (Video)

By Jameel@Muqata

Are ready for the 9th of Av? The children are....

Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religion

'Stop Crying and Let the Children Build the Third Temple’ (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

They march into the synagogue on Tisha B’Av and convince the adults to leave behind their prayer books and come with them.

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

Tisha B’Av and Romney in Jerusalem

By Moshe Herman

Yishai and Malkah talk about Tisha B'Av in Jerusalem along with the recent visit of American presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's trip to Jerusalem.

Serials

Getzlight - Chapter I

By Ruchama Feuerman

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