The Three Weeks is an annual mourning period that falls out in the summer. This is when we mourn the destruction of the Holy Temple and our launch into a still-ongoing exile.
The period begins on the 17th of the Hebrew month of Tammuz, a fast day that marks the day when the walls of Jerusalem were breached by the Romans in 69 CE.
It reaches its climax and concludes with the fast of the 9th of Av, the date when both Holy Temples were set aflame. This is the saddest day of the Jewish calendar, and it is also the date that many other tragedies befell our people..... read more on Tisha B'Av & The Three Weeks.
Chabad of Midtown Manhattan - 9th of Av Fast
Tisha B'Av Schedule - July 26 - 27, 2023
July 26 - Tisha B'Av Night
NYC Fast Begins - 8:18 pm
Maariv Evening Services followed by reading of Megilat Eicha - 9:00pm
July 27 - Tisha B'Av Day
Shacharit Morning Service & Torah Reading - 7:45 am
Mincha Afternoon Service & Torah Reading - 1:45 pm
2nd Mincha Afternoon Service & Torah Reading followed by Evening Services- 6:45 pm
NYC Fast Ends - 8:48 pm
