Tisha B'Av 2023

Join us for a meaningful Tisha B’Av with Prayer, Study & Reflection

WEDNESDAY NIGHT, 26 JULY 2023
AT CHABAD NORTH SHORE 5:40 PM
Maariv and Eichah followed by Guest Speaker

THE STORY OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR MARK SPIGELMAN

A unique opportunity to hear Mark Spigelman's fascinating story of survival.

Mark was born in 1940 in Southern Poland to his parents Majloch and Gustava Szpigelman. His family were sent into a ghetto where it was nearly impossible for young children to survive. Through extraordinary circumstances his parents managed to keep him alive. Memories of this time have come to Mark through his dreams.

Who is Mark Spigelman?

Professor Mark Spigelman is a child survivor, a former Sydney surgeon and medical archaeologist.

Visiting Professor at the Hebrew University Medical School, Visiting Professor at the Centre of International Health at the Royal Free Medical School and the University College London Medical School.

The saddest day on the Jewish calendar is the Ninth of Av, “Tisha B'Av," the date on which both our Holy Temples were destroyed, and exile, persecution and spiritual darkness began.

Tisha B'Av starts at sundown on Shabbat and lasts till nightfall on Sunday. During this time-period we fast, eschew pleasurable activities and amenities, and lament the destruction of the Holy Temple and our nation’s exile. This year, the fast is postponed by one day, due to the holiness of Shabbat.

It is a tradition, however, that Tisha B'Av is also the birthday of our Redeemer. This symbolizes the idea that from the ashes of the destroyed temple will rise an incomparably magnificent edifice; exile will give birth to redemption. Thus Tisha B’Av is also a day of anticipation and hope, for “One who mourns Jerusalem will merit seeing her happiness."

Join us for a meaningful Tisha B’Av with Prayer, Study and Reflection.

Wednesday night, 26 July 2023
Fast begins: 5:12 pm
Maariv: 5:40 pm
followed by chanting of Eichah (Book of Lamentations) and Kinot (dirges).

Guest Speaker: Holocaust Survivor Mark Spigelman

Sunday, 7 August 2022
Shacharit: 8:15 am
followed by Kinot (dirges) with explanations in English.
Tallit and Tefillin are only work during Mincha.

Halachic Midday (Chatzot): 12:01 pm
From this time one may sit on regular chairs and prepare food for breaking the fast.

Mincha: 4:00 pm
Fast ends and Maariv: 5:39 pm

On Tisha B'Av we fast a full 24+ hours, and we also abstain from additional pleasures: washing, applying lotions or creams, wearing leather footwear, and marital relations. Until midday, we sit on the floor or on low stools. We also abstain from studying Torah — besides those sections that discuss the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem.

On the eve of Tisha B’Av, we gather in Shule to read Eichah, the Book of Lamentations and Kinnot, elegies discussing the destruction. Tallit and Tefillin are not worn during the morning prayers, rather during Mincha. After the morning prayers we recite additional Kinnot (elegies).