Do B'Av

Tu B'Av ( Hebrew ט״ו באב '15. Aw ' ) is a small Jewish holiday that begins on the night between the 14th and 15th day of the month of Aw , a night with a full moon. (Every feast day begins on the evening before, because in the Jewish calendar the day lasts from the evening before to the evening of the day - not from midnight to midnight. The evening beginning is denoted by the word (Hebrew ערב evening) Erev.)

Tu B'Av is now considered a happy day as it symbolizes the start of the grape harvest and some historical events . These include, for example, the victory of the Pharisees over the Sadducees and the permission to bury the followers of Bar Kochba who fell in Betar .

The first official mention of Tu B'Av is found in the Mishnah at the end of the second century. It is not a traditional holiday, but a normal working day, even if there is a lot of singing and dancing to it at night.

Web links

Commons : Tu B'Av  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jewish Agency for Israel. Archived from the original on December 5, 2004 ; accessed on December 28, 2018 (English). 
• The 15th of Av: Love and Rebirth - The Jewish mini-holiday of Tu B'Av. In: chabad.org. July 27, 2018, accessed December 28, 2018 . 
• Do B'Av. In: MyJewishLearning.com. Archived from the original on February 16, 2009 ; accessed on December 28, 2018 (English). 
• Do B'Av. In: ou.org. The Orthodox Union, archived from the original on September 2, 2009 ; accessed on December 28, 2018 (English). 
• The 15th Av - love and awakening. In: synagoge-karlsruhe.de. July 27, 2018, accessed December 28, 2018 .