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Tisha B’Ab Services & Lecture 5782

August 6, 2022 - August 7, 2022    
9:00 pm - 8:31 pm

Join Us for a Meaningful Tisha B’Ab

Saturday night, August 5 – Register here
Sunday, August 6
In Person in the Main Sanctuary for vaccinated participants
See below for the full Tisha B’Ab schedule

Rabbi Soloveichik’s Tisha B’Ab lecture will follow the reading of Eikha on Saturday night, August 5.

Shearith Israel’s uniquely dramatic service tells of the tragedy of the destruction and sings the dirges of mourning for the Temple. Our Spanish & Portuguese service’s rich musical tradition for the service on this day may go back to the time of the Spanish Expulsion, the anniversary of which is also observed on this date.

For Tisha B’Ab, the Reader’s Desk and Holy Ark are draped in black. The evening and morning services are conducted from a special table – also draped in black – rather than from the Reader’s Desk. The synagogue lights are dimmed, so that congregants follow services with small flashlights. Our morning Kinot service also features beautiful somber melodies. You can preview the liturgy and melodies on our website.

Please join us to share in this powerful experience.


Tisha B’Ab Schedule

Eve of the Fast, Saturday, August 6

Shabbat Minha…………………………………………………………….3:30 pm
Fast Begins………………………………………………………………….8:07 pm
End of Shabbat…………………………………………………………….8:47 pm
Doors Open for members………………………………………………8:50 pm
Doors Open for non-members………………………………………..9:00 pm
Tisha B’Ab Arbit, Eikha, & Rabbi Soloveichik’s Lecture……9:10 pm

Tisha B’Ab Day, Sunday, August 7

Zemirot & Shahrit………………………………………………..8:00-8:45 am
Torah Reading & Haftara………………………………………8:45-9:15 am
Reading of the Book of Lamentations (Eikha)………..9:15-10:00 am
Kinot with special melodies……………………………….10:00-12:00 pm
Portions of Job & Conclusion…………………………….12:00-12:15 pm

Minha (men wear tefillin)……………………………………………..7:15 pm
End of Fast & Habdala (wine only)………………………………..8:31 pm
A light traditional Sephardic break fast will be served


Please Note:  This year, the 9th day of the month of Ab falls on Sunday, so that Shabbat Hazon becomes the Eve of the Fast of Ab. Saturday afternoon Minha is held early at 3:30 pm, so that all may go home to eat their Third Meal at suppertime and begin their fast by sunset (8:07), concluding Sabbath (at 8:47, by reciting “barukh hamabdil ben kodesh lehol”) and returning to the synagogue for the Motza’e Shabbat/Fast of Ab Arbit Service, which is called for 9:10 pm. The service begins on this occasion with the hazzan reciting the blessing “bore meore haesh.” On Sunday evening, the fast is concluded with habdala over a cup of wine, without spices and without a candle.

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