Tisha B'av facts
Are we allowed to eat on Tisha B'Av
What is no.
What are the nine days?
The last 9 days of the three weeks of rebuke.
How do we usually do break fast (alone or as a community)
What is as a community after ma'ariv.
How many minor fast days are there?
What is four. (five if you include the fast of the first born which is a private minor fast instead of a public one)
Which DC actress is Jewish?
Who is Gal Gadot.
What is the date of Tisha B'av?
What is the 9th of Av (if shabbat is the 9th then we remember Tisha B'av on the 10th)
Are we allowed to get haircuts during the 9 days?
what is personal custom but referring to mourning customs no.
What foods do we usually associate with break fast for Tisha b'av?
What is there are no specific foods but some people have the custom to eat hard boiled eggs and lentils (mourning food) afterwards as well during the nine days to symbolize the destruction. We also traditionally don't eat meat and wine.
Which fast day falls around Purim?
What is Tanat Esther? (The fast of Esther)
Which actress played the mother of Luke and Leia in the star wars prequels?
Who is Natalie Portman.
Why do we push back the date if Tisha B'av falls on Shabbos.
What is there is a commandment to be happy on Shabbos which is outweighs the commandment to mourn so we push it back for one day.
Why are we allowed to eat meat and drink wine on Shabbos during the 9 days?
what is because of the commandment to be happy on Shabbos. (Meat and wine are happy holiday foods)
What is special about the Havdalah for Shabbat Hazon (the shabbat preceding Tisha B'av when we push Tisha B'av to the 10th of Av)?
What is we postpone kiddush until after the fast, though we do say the other prayers.
When is the fast day that starts the three week period of mourning leading up to Tisha b'av?
What is The 17th of Tammuz
Who was the original Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway?
Who is Idina Menzel.
Why don't we study Torah/ tanakh (except for a few specific passages) during Tisha B'av as the Talmud mandates?
what is studying the Torah and Jewish texts brings us joy.
Why aren't we allowed to eat Fleish on the 9 days?
Because we are mourning
How long is the fast of Tisha B'av?
What is from sunrise to sundown.
Which fast takes place on the day after Rosh Hashanah, and is a day of remembrance for the Babylonian appointed governor of Judah who was killed by another Judean after the destruction of the first Temple?
What is the Fast of Gedaliah (Tsom Gedaliah)
Who plays Dolly in the Hello Dolly movie?
Who is Barbra Streisand.
Why do we fast on Tisha B'AV?
What is the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash.
Can we listen to music on the nine days?
What is personal customs?
What are ways that people's customs mimic their customs on Yom Kippur?
What is we read the book of lamentations as well as other passages. Some people also refrain from similar activities like washing and perfume to show that they're in mourning.
When is the fast day remembers the beginning of the Babylonian siege of Judea?
The 10th of Tevet (Asarah be-Tevet)
Which Jewish actress played Anne in Parks and Rec?
Who is Rashida Jones.