Ninth of Av

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Tisha_B'Av
gptkbp:beginsAtSunset gptkb:8th_of_Av
gptkbp:calendar gptkb:Hebrew_calendar
gptkbp:category Hebrew calendar dates
Jewish holidays
Jewish mourning customs
Summer observances
gptkbp:customs dimmed lighting in synagogues
eating a hard-boiled egg at pre-fast meal
not greeting others
not studying Torah except for sad texts
not wearing tallit and tefillin in morning
recitation of elegies
removal of parochet from ark
sitting on low stools
gptkbp:date 9th day of Av
gptkbp:duration 25 hours
gptkbp:endsAtNightfall gptkb:9th_of_Av
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Shabbat_Nachamu
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ninth of Av
gptkbp:liturgicalText gptkb:Book_of_Lamentations
gptkb:Kinnot
gptkbp:observances fasting
reading the Book of Lamentations
refraining from bathing
refraining from marital relations
refraining from wearing leather shoes
gptkbp:observedBy gptkb:Jews
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:The_Three_Weeks
gptkbp:prohibits bathing
eating and drinking
marital relations
wearing leather shoes
anointing oneself
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Holocaust
gptkb:First_Crusade
gptkb:expulsion_of_Jews_from_Spain
gptkb:Bar_Kokhba_revolt_defeat
gptkb:World_War_I_outbreak
gptkb:expulsion_of_Jews_from_England
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Seventeenth_of_Tammuz
gptkb:The_Nine_Days
gptkb:Three_Weeks
gptkbp:significance day of mourning for Jewish tragedies
commemoration of the destruction of the Second Temple
commemoration of the destruction of the First Temple
gptkbp:type Fasting
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tisha_B'Av
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5