The 9th of Av - Tishah be'Av

Customs leading up to the 9th of Av, including the Eve of the 9th and After the 9th

The Establishment of the 9th of Av as a date for crying through the generations, as a result of the Desert Generation's pointless crying after the Decree for the Sin with the Spies: Taanit 29a
The death of the Desert Generation for their Sin with the Spies was decreed: Taanit 26b
The Babylonians entered the Inner Room of the Temple on the 7th of Av, in the Destruction of the First Temple: Taanit 29a
The Temple was lit by the Babylonians in the afternoon on the 9th of Av, and it burned through the 10th of Av: Taanit 29a
The 9th of Av was the date of the Destruction of the First and Second Temples: Rosh HaShanah 18b; Taanit 26b, 29a
That 9th of Av was a Sunday, in the year following a Sabbatical [Shemitah] Year, for both Temples: Taanit 29a
On the 9th of Av the fortress of the Betar rebellion was overrun: Rosh HaShanah 18b; Taanit 26b, 29a
Turnus Rufus plowed Jerusalem under: Rosh HaShanah 18b; Taanit 26b, 29a
Fate of one who Does/Doesn't mourn on the 9th of Av: Taanit 30b

Whether this fast is maintained during times of peace, and times when the Jews have their sovereignty: Rosh HaShanah 18b-19b
Fasting on the 9th of Av was never abolished, even in good times, because its tragedies were "doubled": Rosh HaShanah 18b

Oppressions of the 9th of Av: Taanit 30a, 30b
Eating/Drinking on the 9th of Av is compared to eating/drinking on Yom Kippur: Taanit 30b
Fate of one who eats/drinks on the 9th of Av: Taanit 30b
Eating during Sunset: Pesachim 54b
When to keep the fast, if it falls out on Friday: Eruvin 40b-41b
When to keep the fast, if it falls out on Shabbat: Eruvin 40b-41b; Taanit 29b; Megillah 5a [2x]; 5b
When to keep the fast, if it falls out on Sunday: Eruvin 40b-41b; Taanit 29b
Keeping an extra day for calendar error: Pesachim 54b
Pregnant and Nursing Women: Pesachim 54b

Learning Torah: Taanit 30a
Teaching Torah to children: Taanit 30a
Learning a Torah topic which one isn't used to, and therefore finds difficult: Taanit 30a
Learning sections of Torah on mourning and punishment: Taanit 30a
Doing Work: Berachot 17b; Pesachim 54b; Taanit 30b; Megillah 22b
Torah Scholars doing work: Berachot 17b, Pesachim 54b, Taanit 30b
Fate of one who works on the 9th of Av: Taanit 30b
Placing a finger in water: Pesachim 54b
Going to the Ritual Bath, for Immersion which is a Mitzvah: Shabbat 111a
Flipping over the beds and sleeping on the floor: Taanit 26b
Flipping over beds which aren't being slept in: Taanit 30b
Pregnant and Nursing women sleeping on beds: Taanit 30b

Reading Prayers of Mourning: Taanit 30a
Rebbe crying over a Book of Mourning Prayers: Chagigah 5b
How many people are Called to the Torah: Megillah 22b
The Torah reading: Megillah 31b
The Torah Reading, if it is on Monday/Thursday: Taanit 29b
The Torah Reading, if it is on Tuesday/Wednesday: Taanit 29b
The Special Reading from the Prophets: Megillah 31b

Laundering, for use on the following Shabbat: Taanit 29b


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