Three Weeks
9 Days
Erev Tisha B'Av
Tisha B'Av
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When does the three weeks start?

17th of Tammuz

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What day does the 9 days start?

What day does the 9 days start?

Rosh Chodesh Av

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What do we stop doing on Erev Tisha B'Av


Learning Torah, though we can learn parts of the Gemara that describe the tragic events.

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What does Tisha B'Av mourn?

The destruction of the Temple

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What are we mourning during the three weeks?Mourning for the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash

Mourning for the destruction of the first and second Beis HaMikdash

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When do Sefardim start keeping some of the restrictions of the 9 days?The week of Tisha B'Av

The week of Tisha B'Av

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What is the meal called before the fast?


Seuda HaMafsekes

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Where do people sit on Tisha B'Av

On the floor on or a low chair

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What type of music are we allowed to listen to during the three weeks?

What type of music do some Rabbi's allow during the three weeks?

Acapella

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Which day are you allowed to bath normally?Erev Shabbos

Erev Shabbos

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Where do people eat the Seuda HaMafsekes?


On the ground/ low chairs (Some Mefarshim hold you can still sit at the table)

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What should you not say when you see someone on Tisha B'Av

Hello

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You cannot get married but what are you allowed to do during the three weeks?

get engaged

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What food do Ashkenazim eat during the 9 days

Parve food or dairy food

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What can you eat for the third meal if Erev Tisha B'Av falls on Shabbos?


Normal meal even with meat

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When do the restriction ease on Tisha B'Av (when can you sit on a chair?)

Chatzois

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What does Bein HaMitzarim mean?

What does Bein HaMitzarim mean?

Between the straights referring to the 3 weeks

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What could you make a siyum on in order to eat meat? during the 9 days?

A full Mesechta of Gemara or book of Tanach


The Rebbe Rashab hold in Chabad we don't eat Meat or drink wine at a Siyum because there are many things that can a problem halachically and therefore we dont eat meat or drink wine by a Siyum

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Only at sunset

When does the restrictions of the fast start?

Only at sunset

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When can you do the following haircuts, washing clothes, bathing, listening to music, and eating meat and wine.

Midday on the 10th of Av