Wednesday July 26
8:30PM
@Makom (map)
Free registration required
Please join us for a powerful, contemplative evening marking historical Jewish loss and ongoing brokenness in the world as we usher in Tishah be-Av, the ninth day of the lunar month of Av. This date marks the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem and other tragedies in Jewish history. It is traditionally observed with fasting, refraining from wearing leather, and other mourning customs. (For more background, see here.)
We’ll pray the brief evening service and listen to the Biblical book of Eikhah/Lamentations, hauntingly chanted by community members. We’ll also sing some songs, kinnot (elegies), and niggunim (wordless melodies).
Services will be held at Makom – 402 College Street. Doors open at 8:30, services to start promptly at 8:45.
Please bring:
-Blanket, cushion, or chair for sitting
-Cash to donate toward feeding the hungry, in keeping with the spirit of Isaiah 58:6-7, “This is the fast I desire… It is to share your bread with the hungry.”
-Kippah/head covering (if you wear one during services)
FYI, the fast begins Wed at sunset, 8:47pm, and ends Thurs at nightfall, 9:20pm.
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