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Tishah b'Av

Tishah b'Av (Tishah b'Ab)

 
pronunciation:
ti sha b av [or] tI sh bawv
part of speech: noun
definition: the ninth day of the month of Av in the Jewish calendar, observed as a day of fasting and mourning in commemoration of the destruction of the temple in ancient Jerusalem.