Tisha B’Av Community Event

Join congregations Mishkan Torah, Columbia Jewish Congregation, Kol Halev and Oseh Shalom, for a joint service at Oseh Shalom, 7515 Olive Branch Way in Laurel to commemorate the day. The service will be both in person and on Zoom.

Tisha B’Av, the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av, marks the destruction of the First and Second Temples in 586 BCE and 70 CE, and the subsequent exile of the Jewish people. It’s a day of fasting and mourning and has become a time to remember other great calamities that have befallen the Jewish people.

The Book of Lamentations, (Eicha) which is read on Tisha B’Av , recounts the devastation wrought with the destruction of Jerusalem by Babylonia. While it is a day of mourning, it is also a day to confront the dual challenges of hate and anti-Semitism we face as 21st century Jews. It is also a time to reflect on the resilience that has helped us meet those calamities and kept our people alive and flourishing for over
3,000 years.

We will begin with a short service and the recitation of the Book of Lamentations. Please join us as we mourn the tragedies that have befallen us and celebrate the spirit of redemption for us and the world. The room will be dimmed, so bring a flashlight if you want to follow along.

Zoom Link for those who cannot attend in person: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89987544167
Password to Zoom: 7515

Link to Eicha (Book of Lamentations): Lamentations 1 (sefaria.org)

Note: if you would like to participate that evening by reading a section of the Book of Lamentations (either in Hebrew or English), please let Ray Wacks know.