Fast of the Ninth of Av

GPTKB entity

Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Jewish fast day
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Tisha_B'Av
gptkbp:annualEvent yes
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Book_of_Lamentations
mourning
gptkbp:calendar gptkb:Hebrew_calendar
gptkbp:commemorates destruction of the First Temple
destruction of the Second Temple
gptkbp:customs sitting on low stools
dimmed synagogue lights
removal of curtain from Ark
gptkbp:date gptkb:ninth_day_of_Av
gptkbp:duration about 25 hours
gptkbp:endDate nightfall on 9th of Av
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Fast of the Ninth of Av
gptkbp:observedBy gptkb:Jews
gptkbp:origin gptkb:Rabbinic_tradition
gptkbp:prayers gptkb:Book_of_Lamentations
gptkb:Kinnot
gptkbp:prohibits no eating or drinking
no bathing
no wearing leather shoes
no Torah study except for mourning topics
no marital relations
no use of perfumes or lotions
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Seventeenth_of_Tammuz
gptkb:Three_Weeks
gptkb:Nine_Days
gptkbp:significance national day of mourning
gptkbp:startDate sunset on 8th of Av
gptkbp:type major fast
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Religious_Jews
gptkb:Karaite_Jewish_communities
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7