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What is the meal before the fast called, and what is normally eaten during this meal?
Seudat HaMafseket.
Egg dipped in ashes.
Who destroyed the first Bhmk?
Who destroyed the second Bhmk?
Bavel - Nebuchadnezzer
Rome - Titus
Explain what happens with regards to Havdalah in the 9 Days.
Regular Havdalah is recited, but the wine is preferably drunk by someone under bar/bat Mitzvah if possible. Otherwise, the person making Havdalah should drink.
What Minhag is practiced amongst many Jews regarding sleeping on Tisha B'av?
To sleep on the floor or with a stone under ones pillow.
Do we eat eggs/Bread and Ashes on shabbos erev tizh'a beav?
no
What is the Shabbat before Tisha B'Av called, and why?
Shabbat Chazon
Haftorah begins with the words 'Chazon Yishayahu'.And each Yid receives a chazon (vision) of the third Beit Hamikdash when they sleep.
When were the bodies of the Jews slaughtered in Betar, finally allowed to be buried?
7 years later, on Tu B'Av.
List three things that are done differently on Tisha B'av morning:
- Negel Vasser only up to the knuckles
- Bracha of She'asa li ko Tzorki is omitted
- Tallis and Tefillin not put on until after Chatzot
According to Talmud Yerushalmi, there is a mesorah that _____________ is born on Tisha B'av.
Moshiach
(Yerushalmi, Brochos 2:4)
Can you learn after Midday if Erev Tisha B'Av falls out oon Shabbos?
No only things we can learn on Tish'a B'Av like stories of the Churban etc
What is the Shabbat after Tisha B'av called, and why?
Shabbat Nachamu. Haftorah begins with the words "Nachamu, Nachamu, Ami." We are comforting ourselves after the destruction of the Temple.
According to the Gemara, what five tragedies occurred on Tisha B'av?
- Cheit HaMeraglim
- Churban Bayit Rishon
- Churban Bayit Sheni
- Fall of Beitar
- The site of the Beit Hamikdash and the surrounding area was ploughed
What should be done immediately upon conclusion of the fast?
Wash Netilas Yadayim properly without a Bracha, and rinse one's mouth with water.
Change out of leather shoes
Recite Kiddush Levanah (if possible)
If one normally has the custom of "Taamehah Chayim Zachu" on erev Shabbos, what should they do the erev Shabbos before Tisha B'av?
Taste the food but ensure you don't swallow it.
Do you sit on low chairs for the Seudah Hamafsekes?(last meal before the fast) What should you eat at this meal if its on Shabbos?
NO,you can eat anything even meat or chicken as its Shabbos
When do the restrictions of the Nine Days cease?
Normally the day after Tisha B'Av, after Chatzot. Then we can listen to music, do laundry, eat fleishig, have haircuts etc. This year however (5773) because it is erev Shabbos, we can start doing these things in the morning.
List three other tragic events that occurred on Tisha B'av:
First Crusade began (1906, France and Germany)
Expulsion from Spain (1492)
Germany enters WWI (1914)
Himmler receives approval for "The Final Solution" (1941)
Israel disengages from Azza (2005)
What two things are recited on Leil Tisha B'av?
Eicha
Kinnos
According to Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev, what happens on the Shabbat before Tisha B'av?
On Friday night, every Jew receives a vision of the third Beit Hamikdash, while they are sleeping. This is another reason why this Shabbat is called Shabbat Chazon (vision).
What restrictions of Tish'a B'av start at sunset and what starts after Shabbos?
We must begin fasting before sunset, but all mourning practices—such as sitting on low chairs and wearing non-leather shoes—are only observed after Shabbos ends.
The general of the Jewish army who managed to defend Betar for 3.5 years was called:
Bar Kochba or Bar Koziva.
Who wrote Eicha and when was it written?
Yirmiyahu HaNavi, 17 years before the first Beit Hamikdash was destroyed. 440 BCE
List six prohibitions on Tisha B'av:
- Leather footwear
- Bathing
- Ointments/lotions/creams
- Eat and drink
- Normal height chair until Chatzot
- Marital relations
- Greetings
- Gifts
- Study/work until Chatzot
In many Sefardic congregations, which Sefer is read on Tisha B'av morning?
In Ashkenaz congregations, what paragraph is added to morning Shmoneh Esrei?
Iyov
Nachem
Which parts of Havdalah are said on Tish'a B'Av, and which parts are postponed until after Tish'a B'Av?
Only the bracha on fire is said on Tish'a B'Av night. The rest of Havdalah—on wine and the bracha of Hamavdilis said after the fast ends. No besamim is used at all.