Tisha B'Av 2016

August 2016 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Friendship Day Sunday August 7 -8 years, -3 months, -15 days or -3029 days 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Tisha BAv Sunday August 14 -8 years, -3 months, -8 days or -3022 days 15 Assumption of Mary Day Monday August 15 -8 years, -3 months, -7 days or -3021 days 16 17 18 19 20 21 Senior Citizens Day Sunday August 21 -8 years, -3 months, -1 days or -3015 days 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Tisha B'Av for the year 2016 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Saturday, August 13th ending at sundown on Sunday, August 14th.

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 2016

Sunday, August 14th is day number 227 of the 2016 calendar year with -8 years, -3 months, -8 days until Tisha B'Av 2016.