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Schedule for Tish B'Av

Tisha B'Av, Shabbat, July 21

Shabbat Mincha: 6:30pm

Seudat Shelisheet will not be served in shul.

Fast Begins 8:22pm

Shabbat Ends 9:02pm - Recite Baruch Hamavdil Bein Kodesh L’Chol

Ma'ariv followed by Eicha: 9:15pm

Fast of Tisha B'Av, Sunday, July 22

Shacharit: 8:30am - Kinot with Explanation

Chatzot: 1:02pm

Early Mincha (in the Beit Midrash): 2:00pm

Film: “When the smoke clears”: 2:30pm

Late Mincha: 7:50pm

Ma'ariv: 8:45pm

Havdala, Kiddush Levana, and Fast Ends: 9:02pm

Guidance for Tisha B’Av

The Fast - Prohibited are:

1. Eating/drinking
2. Washing (showers, baths, hand with soap)
3. Anointing
   1. Moisturizers are prohibited
   2. Sunscreen is permitted
   3. Deodorant is permitted (not on Yom Kippur)
4. Wearing leather shoes
   1. Leather shoes with rubber soles are prohibited
5. Marital Relations
   1. Couples should treat Tisha B’Av night like Nidah

The Mourning

1. We sit on the floor until midday (1:00pm)
2. Only Torah study related to mourning is permitted.
3. Work is prohibited until midday
4. We do not greet one another
5. Tallit and Tefillin are not worn at Shacharit

When Tisha B’Av falls on Shabbat

1. The Ninth Day of Av falls this year on Shabbat (7/21).  The fast is pushed to Sunday (7/22).
2. Normally the pre-fast meal consists of a piece of bread and one cooked item (usually an egg). Many have the practice to add ashes to their food.  On Shabbat one eats a modest Seudah Shlishit.
3. One may not eat or drink after sundown (8:22PM).
   1. The prohibition of fasting on Shabbat is only if it is the entire day.
4. All other preparations for the fast begin only after nightfall (9:02pm)
   1. First recite Baruch Hamavdil Bein Kodesh L’Chol
   2. Change into non-leather shoes and perform any work necessary.  One may not prepare on Shabbat for after.  Therefore one may not bring non-leather shoes to shul on Shabbat.  The shoes should be left in shul on Friday afternoon or donned at home after reciting Baruch Hamavdil.
5. On Saturday night, we will recite only the bracha Boreh Meorei Haeish (Besamim is not recited at all).
6. The laws of the nine days generally continue through midday after the fast, i.e. the tenth of Av. 
   1. This year since the fast is pushed off one may shave and listen to music already on Sunday night.
7. Havdala is recited once the fast is over and consists of only the bracha Boreh P’ri HaGafen, and the ending bracha of Hamavdil Bein Kodesh L’Chol.