SUNDAY STUDY: Tisha B’Av – sundown on July 26, 2023, to sundown on July 27, 2023

Tisha B’Av, an annual fast day in Judaism, is named for the ninth day (Tisha) of the month of Av in the Hebrew calendar. Beginning at sundown Wednesday through sundown Thursday, observant Jews all over the world will fast and mourn the destruction of the First and Second Temples that occurred on the same day – the 9th of Av – approximately 656 years apart. These two events were so tragic that the ancient rabbis declared