Tishah b'Av
or Tish·ah b'Ab
[ Sephardic Hebrew tee-shahbuh-ahv; Ashkenazic Hebrew tish-uh-bawv ]
noun
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.
Origin of Tishah b'Av
1First recorded in 1935–40; <Hebrew tishʿāh bəʾābh “the ninth (day) of (the month) Av”
- Also called Ninth of Av, Ninth of Ab
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British Dictionary definitions for Tishah b'Av
Tishah b'Av
/ (tiˈʃa bəˈav) /
noun
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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