Tisha B'Av 2008

August 2008 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 Friendship Day Sunday August 3 -16 years, -3 months, -19 days or -5955 days 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Tisha BAv Sunday August 10 -16 years, -3 months, -12 days or -5948 days 11 12 13 14 15 Assumption of Mary Day Friday August 15 -16 years, -3 months, -7 days or -5943 days 16 17 18 19 20 21 Senior Citizens Day Thursday August 21 -16 years, -3 months, -1 days or -5937 days 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Tisha B'Av for the year 2008 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Saturday, August 9th ending at sundown on Sunday, August 10th.

Tisha B'Av is celebrated in the Hebrew calendar on ninth day of the month of Av. The day is a day of remembrance of the destruction of the First and Second Temple in Jerusalem.

Why do Jewish holidays start at nighttime?

According to the Torah, the story of creation in Genesis says “And it was evening, and it was morning day one”, “And it was evening, and it was morning; the second day”, thus night comes before day. So for the Jewish calendar all days begin at nightfall and end the next day at nightfall including holidays.

Days to Tisha B'Av 2008

Sunday, August 10th is day number 223 of the 2008 calendar year with -16 years, -3 months, -12 days until Tisha B'Av 2008.