TISHA B’AV

Saturday, August 2–Sunday, August 3

On Tisha b'Av, we commemorate disasters that have befallen the Jewish people, including the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem.

The Babylonian Talmud teaches that the second devastating destruction of the Temple happened because of sinat hinam — baseless hatred. Today, in a world in which there is so much suffering and polarization, hatred seems to be growing. 

So many of us are mourning, individually and as a people. We will come together on Tisha b'Av to grieve, to allow the sadness to be felt, expressed and witnessed together. Rav Kook, the great mystic and first Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of British Mandate Palestine, wrote: “If we were destroyed, and the world with us, due to baseless hatred, then we shall rebuild ourselves, and the world with us, with baseless love — ahavat hinam.” (Orot HaKodesh vol. III, p. 324).

Tisha b'Av, as Rabbi Lew z’l reminds us, begins the High Holy Day season.

Let us mourn together to rebuild better — from love.

  • Saturday, August 2, 2025

    7:00 p.m.
    Shabbat Hazon Chant and Meditation (Makom Shalom)

    7:45 p.m.
    Seudat Mafseket, pre-fast meal served — registration required
    (Food ends at sunset: 8:15 p.m.)

    8:30 p.m.
    Learning with Rabbi Richman

    9:15 p.m.
    Maariv Service and Reading of Eicha / Lamentations

    Pre-Fast Meal Registration

  • Sunday, August 3, 2025

    8:00 a.m.
    Morning Minyan and Reading of Eicha / Lamentations
    In-person and on Zoom

    6:00 p.m.
    Mincha