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TISHAH B'AB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tishah b'Ab mean? 

TISHAH B'AB (noun)
  The noun TISHAH B'AB has 1 sense:

1. (Judaism) a major fast day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalemplay

  Familiarity information: TISHAH B'AB used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TISHAH B'AB (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Judaism) a major fast day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Fast of Ab; Fast of Av; Ninth of Ab; Ninth of Av; Tisha b'Ab; Tisha b'Av; Tishah b'Ab; Tishah b'Av

Hypernyms ("Tishah b'Ab" is a kind of...):

major fast day (one of two major fast days on the Jewish calendar)

Jewish holy day (a religious holiday for Jews)

Domain category:

Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)


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