Jewish mystics say that one day, in the future, the world will reverse itself and Tisha B’av (the Ninth of Av) will become a holiday. A radical idea, given the fact that today, this day commemorates Jewish tragedies: destruction of the first and second Temples. Also, on this day we think back to other terrible events: expulsions, crusades, pogroms, the Shoah. We fast, read the book of Eicha (Lamentations) and Kinot (ancient elegiac poems). But in the force of us, coming together, confronting the heaviest moments of our history, there’s the hope – that none of this will happen ever again, and then there indeed will be something to celebrate. In addition to learning and prayer, the shul will feature a poetry reading by Walter Hess, and a number of
films, relevant to the day.
Please join us @ the Six Street Shul!
Mon July 19 – Tue Jul 20
TBD Mincha
8:28pm Fast begins
8:45 Maariv with Eicha and kinot
Tuesday July 20
8:30 AM Tisha B’Av shiur with Rabbi Wall
9AM Shacharit
10 AM Kinnot
10:45 Poetry Readings by Walter Hess
11AM Films
1:45 Mincha
8:30 Maariv
Fast ends at 9:12
