Tisha B'Av 2017

August 2017 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 Tisha BAv Tuesday August 1 -7 years, -3 months, -21 days or -2670 days 2 3 4 5 6 Friendship Day Sunday August 6 -7 years, -3 months, -16 days or -2665 days 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Assumption of Mary Day Tuesday August 15 -7 years, -3 months, -7 days or -2656 days 16 17 18 19 20 21 Senior Citizens Day Monday August 21 -7 years, -3 months, -1 days or -2650 days 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Tisha B'Av for the year 2017 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Monday, July 31st ending at sundown on Tuesday, August 1.

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 2017

Tuesday, August 1st is day number 213 of the 2017 calendar year with -7 years, -3 months, -21 days until Tisha B'Av 2017.