Tisha B'Av

Parashat Ki Tavo: The basket of first fruits

The world is so beautiful when we look upon it with a good eye; when we bless its creator and are filled with gratitude.

GRAPES GROW in the Tali Vineyard in Moshav Lachish.
 "Jeremiah seated in the ruins of Jerusalem," Eduard Bendemann, 1837.

Leading with libel: Tisha B'Av and the global attack on Israel - opinion

WESTERN WALL.

Tisha B’Av in Jerusalem: Reflections on loss, return, and Zionism

 People spend time at a beach in Tel Aviv during the Israel-Iran war, June 21, 2025; illustrative.

Embracing diversity, healing through Tisha B’Av - opinion


Thousands visit Western Wall, march through Jerusalem - watch

According to the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, some 150,000 people visited the Western Wall between Friday night and sundown on Sunday.

Tisha Be'Av March 2019

Temple Mount - What the rabbis say

Rabbi Goren told Moshe Dayan: "This, God forbid, could lead to the destruction of the Third Temple, for the key to our sovereignty over Judea, Samaria and Gaza is the Temple Mount."

Jewish visitors in Temple Mount

Right-wing politicians call on PM to reverse Temple Mount ban on Jews

Chief Rabbi Yosef: Jewish visitation to Temple Mount is forbidden, ban should be in force year round.

Muslim worshippers on Temple Mount as police barred Jewish entrance on Tisha Be'av

Christian delegation to commemorate Tisha B’Av with Jews in Israel

Bob O’Dell: ‘It is the center of the storm and will eventually be the center of great joy’.

The ruins of the Second Temple that sit next to a part of the Western Wall

Tisha Be'Av: Rebuilding Jerusalem

Tisha Be'av at the Western Wall, 2019.

7 tragedies that befell the Jewish people on Tisha Be’Av

The Jerusalem Post looked at some of the most significant events in Jewish history that fell on the 9th of the Hebrew month of Av, a day of mourning.

ewish worshipper prays next to a pillar that Israeli archeaologists say formed part of the Second Temple, next to the Western Wall on Tisha Be'Av.

Police to decide on whether to let Jews on Temple Mount Sunday

The police said they will determine whether to allow Jews on the Mount Sunday after determining if the situation is calm and risk of violence and confrontation is low.

Palestinians pray on the first Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City May 10, 2019.

Senior Rabbis rule: It's forbidden to go up to the Temple Mount

The rabbis felt it was necessary to issue their rulings in advance of the fast of Tisha Be'av this coming Sunday when some Jews have the custom to attempt an ascent to the Temple Mount.

JEWS WILL have to keep on looking at the Temple Mount from a distance.

Know Comment: This Tisha Be'Av, Let Zion lament

But then recommit to renewed Zionist and Jewish purpose.

MARCHING AROUND the Old City walls as part of the annual Tisha Be’Av Walk.

Tisha Be'Av: What is worth mourning about?

Most of the Jewish population in Israel – to a lesser or greater degree among various groups – as well as most non-Jewish groups, has suffered losses during Israel’s wars and in terrorist attacks.

Education and Diaspora Affairs Minister Naftali Bennett sits on the floor to read the Book of Lamentations at an event commemorating Tisha Be’av in Shoham on Saturday night.