EREV TISHA B'AV: At Mincha (6:00pm), we do not recite tachanun. Following Mincha, we eat the "Seudah Mafseket" (concluding meal) while sitting on the floor. In addition to bread, we eat only one other type of cooked food - traditionally an egg dipped in ashes. Three people should avoid eating together so as not to have to make a zimun. All activities prohibited on Tisha B’Av take effect at sunset (7:53pm).
TISHA B'AV: On Tisha B'Av we are prohibited to: eat and drink, wash ourselves (even in cold water), learn Torah, apply lotions for pleasurable purposes, have marital relations and wear shoes with leather.
1. MAARIV - We remove the curtain from the Aron HaKodesh, dim the lighting, and sit on the floor or on a low stool. We do not sit on regular chairs or benches until after midday Tuesday (12:55 pm). We recite Maariv in a low and subdued voice; followed by Eichah and Kinot. 2. SHACHARIT - We wash our hands up to the end of the knuckles (as one is drying his fingers, while there is still some moisture on them, one may rub them across the eyes); make the Bracha "al netilat yadayim" as well as all of the other appropriate morning Brachot. Tallit and tefillin are not worn until midday (12:55 p.m.), however, a tallit katan, is worn - but without a bracha. Following Torah reading (Deut. 4:25-40), the Haftarah is read (Jeremiah 8:13-9:23) in the melody of Eichah. After the Torah is returned to the Aron, Kinot are recited. (At the end of shacharit, we do not say the shir shel yom. 3. MINCHA - The parochet is returned to the aron. tallit and tefillin are worn. The Psalm of the Day is recited, followed by Mincha and Torah reading/Haftarah. 4. MAARIV - We recite the usual weekday Maariv. After Maariv we recite Kiddush Levana. (Some maintain that we should eat before Kiddush Levana).
ADDITIONAL LAWS of TISHA B’AV DAY 1. While Torah learning is generally prohibited on Tisha B’Av, one may learn: • Eicha with its midrash and commentaries • Portions of Nevi’im that deal with tragedy or destruction • The third chapter of Moed Katan (which deals with mourning) • The story of the destruction (in Gittin 56b-58a, Sanhedrin 104, and in Josephus) • The halachot of Tisha B'Av and mourning. 2. Greeting someone with "shalom aleichem" and the like is prohibited. One who is greeted should answer softly and, if possible, inform the person of the prohibition. 3. The custom is to refrain until midday from any time-consuming work that diverts one’s attention from the mourning of the day. 4. The use of lotions for medicinal purposes is permitted, as is the use of scented deodorants. 5. If a person becomes dirty, washing is permitted to remove the dirt. 6. The non-seriously ill or elderly, as well as pregnant and nursing women should generally fast even if it is difficult. However, if a doctor determines that fasting may injure health, a rabbi should be consulted. Furthermore, swallowing capsules or bitter tablets without water is permitted.
MOTZAEI TISHA B'AV: Many of the limitations of the "Three Weeks" and the "Nine Days" continue until midday of the 10th of Av including music, laundry, haircuts, drinking wine and eating of meat.
DVAR TORAH "These are the words that Moshe spoke between Paran and between Tofel and Lavan and Chatzairot and Dee Zahav" (Devarim 1:1).
Because of the great geographic detail that the Torah offers in this, and the following verse, the Midrash interprets each of these places as veiled references to the sins of the Jews during their years in the desert.
For example, Paran refers to the sin of the spies sent from Paran; Tofel refers to the people's constant complaints, while Lavan reminds us of their complaints about the manna (which was Lavan [lit. white] in appearance).
But why didn't Moshe refer directly to these sins? Why did he feel it necessary to veil these rebukes?
Rabbi Chaim Shmuelovitz, ztz”l, explained that Moshe's behavior was meant to teach us an important lesson. That even when a person's sins are well-known, it is still forbidden to embarrass that person. Rather, we must respect one another and be careful of each other's honor, even when rebuking one another.
Maybe this is the reason that our Rabbis decreed that this parasha should always be read the Shabbat before Tisha B'Av. Because, as evidenced by the tragic story of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza, it was specifically due of this lack of sensitivity to other - the "sinat chinam" - the baseless hatred among the Jewish people that the Beit HaMikdash was destroyed.
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MAZAL TOV * to Dr. Dov and Sharon Shapiro on the birth of a grandson. The proud parents are Aaron and Chani Breyer. Special Mazal Tov to great grandmother Eileen Shapiro. The Shalom Zachor will meet at the home of Dov and Sharon Shapiro, 2837 W. Coyle from 8:30-10:30 p.m. The Bris will be Tuesday morning, (Tisha B’Av) following the 6:30 am minyan and after Kinnot (approx. 8 am) The seudah will be following Maariv in the social hall. * to Mrs. Bernice Novick on the birth of a great grandson. The proud parents are Shlomo and Daniella Rush (Israel).
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