Three Weeks
Begins Saturday, July 20, 2019
Ends Sunday, August 11, 2019
Ends Sunday, August 11, 2019
- Work permitted, except Shabbat
- Fast of the 17th of Tammuz – July 21, 2019
- Fast of Tish’a B’Av – August 10 – 11, 2019
The Three Weeks is an annual mourning period that fills in the Summer and during which the days of misfortune are remembered during which, among other tragedies, the First and Second Temples were destroyed. Toward the future, one also learns about the Third Temple, which is yet to be built.
Events marked with ☼ are part of the Ohel Jacob calendar