Nine Days

Customs of the Nine Days

Update to 2023: Example:During the nine days, it is customary to curtail the purchase of luxury products that evoke joy, even by Internet.

A summary of the halakhot of the Nine Days – 5783/2023

Chazal assure us that whoever properly observes the customs of mourning over Yerushalayim will witness the joy of its reconstruction.

Rabbi Kook and the workers' kitchen during the Nine Days

The administrators of the Jerusalem branch of the Poel Mizrachi needed to find nourishing meals, especially for the manual laborers.

Laws for the Nine Days

What is permitted, what is forbidden - when and why.

Remembering Israel

Jews cried because they "remembered Zion" - why didn't they remember the bloodshed and suffering inflicted on them instead?

A summary of the Halakhot of the Nine Days

This year, the fast falls on Shabbat and is put off for a day, and Sephardi and Ashkenazi observance are almost the same (details below).

9 ideas for the 9 Days

Read carefully, because we will only do this once!

Rabbis: We must act to bring about rebuilding of the Temple

Religious Zionist rabbis call on public to participate in fundraising campaign for Temple Mount organizations during the Nine Days.

What really caused the destruction of the Temple?

The Talmud tells us the sins that brought on the Second Temple's destruction, but how were they seen in daily life?

No meat? No problem!

Tnuva, one of Israel's leading dairy companies, offers mealtime solutions.

Laws for the Nine Days

The Jewish United Nation

What can the 'Nine Days' and 9th of Av teach us about Jewish unity as Israel fights for its survival?

Rabbis: Soldiers May Eat Meat During 'Nine Days'

Soldiers need their strength, and fighting terrorists to save Jewish lives trumps the custom not to eat meat this week, IDF Rabbis said.

Bnei Akiva Presents: The Jerusalem Tent of Unity and Dialogue

The Bnei Akiva youth movement set up a tent in Jerusalem for the purpose of meeting and talking with members of other movements.