TISHA B'AV SCHEDULE
Wednesday, July 29
8:44 PM: FAST BEGINS • No Food or Drink
The Laws of Tisha b'Av Start at this Time
9:31 PM: Evening Services, followed by Eicha and Kinnot
No Leather Shoes • Bring a mat or a pillow to sit on, as we conduct ourselves as mourners until Thursday at mid-day (1:24 PM)
Thursday, July 30
No Leather Shoes • Bring a mat or a pillow to sit on, as we conduct ourselves as mourners until mid-day (1:24 PM)
9:00AM: Shacharit:
* Talit and Tefillin are not worn
10:00 AM: Kinnot with explanations
2:05 PM: Mincha - Afternoon Services
* Men don Talit and lay Tefillin at this time
2:50 PM: Tisha b'Av Lecture by Rabbi Shmuel Steier:
"It's Always the Women!"
9:20 PM: Evening Services - Ma'ariv
9:33 PM: Fast ends
(Mezonot and drinks will be available following the fast - Sponsored by Hagit Warshavsky, carrying on the tradition and in memory of her grandmother, Rachel)
LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF TISHA B'AV
EREV TISHA B'AV - WEDNESDAY EVENING
Se'uda haMafsekes - Final Meal before the Fast
1. The final meal before the Fast is considered the Se'uda, meal, of Tisha b'Av. Thus, we sit on the floor or on a low stool, as is the custom of mourners. Leather shoes may still be worn.
2. This meal should consist of bread and only one cooked dish.
3. The custom is to eat a full meal earlier, so as to be able to fast well and in good health. Birkas haMazon is recited. We then break for Mincha, and have the final Se'uda, Se'udas haMafsekes, after Mincha.
4. The custom is to serve bread, water, and heard-boiled eggs at the Se'uda haMafsekes.
5. Traditionally, we prepare ashes, and dip these foods into ashes. Some have the custom to say, "This is the meal of Tisha b'Av".
6. Birkas haMazon is recited individually, even if there are three men.
7. One may eat or drink afterwards, if there is still time until sunset (this year, 8:44).
LAWS OF TISHA B'AV - Begins Wednesday Evening, July 29th, at 8:44 PM
• No Leather Shoes
• Wash only fingers with cold water when washing upon arising and for Tefila
• Greet others softly, and only if they greet you
• Sit on a low stool, until after mid-day Thursday (1:24PM)
• Study of Torah - only those areas related to Tisha b'Av , the destruction of the Temple, mourning, or ethical teachings
• Annointing (using creams or lotions) - only for medical needs
For the elderly or ill individual, a Rabbi should be consulted regarding leniencies in all above areas
May we all have an easy and meaningful fast, and may the words of our Sages be fulfilled: "All who mourn over Jerusalem merit seeing its Salvation!
Thank you,
Rabbi Yosef Sanders
