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Tishah b'Av

or Tish·ah b'Ab

[ Sephardic Hebrew tee-shah buh-ahv; Ashkenazic Hebrew tish-uh-bawv ]

noun

  1. a Jewish fast day observed on the ninth day of the month of Av in memory of the destruction in Jerusalem of the First and Second Temples.

Tishah b'Av

/ tiˈʃa bəˈav /

noun

  1. Judaism the ninth day of the month of Av observed as a fast day in memory of the destruction of the First and Second Temples

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Tishah b'Av1

First recorded in 1935–40; < Hebrew tishʿāh bəʾābh “the ninth (day) of (the month) Av”

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