#tu b’av

[todaysjewishholiday]

15 Menachem Av 5784 (18-19 August 2024)

Tu b’Av Sameach! According to the Talmud the fifteenth of Av was the most joyful festival of ancient Israel (they say the only thing that matched it was Yom Kippur, when the entire community’s sins were carried off into the desert by the scapegoat). So what was celebrated on Tu b’Av? Love! Youth! Marriage! Romance!

Like Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot, Tu b’Av did double duty as an agricultural festival (the start of the grape harvest) and a historical commemoration (which we discussed in yesterday’s post). Unlike the others, its purpose was not to focus on the covenant between the Jewish people and HaShem. Instead, it was a day for those who were single to show they were ready to mingle. It was a festival for flirting. It was a day for young people in the community to imagine that they’d find the kind of romance that would fill their lives with joy. You get the picture.

In ancient society courtship was often closely regulated, with marriages arranged by extended families to cement alliances with other families. But Tu b’Av was a day for young women to try to attract a husband of their own choosing. Traditionally, it was a day when young women would go dance in the vineyards in plain white dresses that disguised socioeconomic distinctions, singing traditional songs about what good wives they would make and teasing the community’s young men.

Since most of us don’t live near grape vineyards or practice the same type of limitations on courtship or know a wide range of communal dances any more, the celebration of Tu b’Av has changed considerably. It’s now used as the Jewish holiday for those in a long term romantic relationship to celebrate their partner, like the European Christian celebration of Valentine’s Day. So if you have somebody in your life who you love like that, wish them a joyful Tu b’Av— and then do your best to have one together.

[maimonidesnutz]

[bigfootboyband]

Tu B’Av!

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It's coming up soon.

Heimish Humor

[spoofymcgee]

in honor of the fifteen of av i am reading the solangelo book and being quietly, incredibly gay about a very pretty tall lady on the train

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Happy Tu B'Av, Jews of Tumblr!

Do you celebrate this holiday? If so, what are some traditions you have for it. If you don't, then just share something you love (can be a hobby, place, interest, person, anything at all).

I don't really celebrate, but Tu B'Av is also my sister's Jewish birthday, so that's usually the focus of the day instead.

For my thing that I love, read my post on libraries!

[cynically-optomistic]

So i was able to find the full image with the artists signature using google image search, which looks like סמחוב זלי.

Which led to Zely Smekhov, a jewish artist from russia who had a whole series of art about the second beis hamikdosh in a very similar style, as well as pages of judaica illustrations i wasnt able to look through fully.

Im almost certain he’s the original artist, and you can find his website here. His work is very beautiful.

Tu B’av in ancient times via the orthodox union website. Artist uncredited afaik (sorry)

[thecodyagenda]

hope captain bagel and lox are having a good Tu b’Av

[spacelazarwolf]

i am certain this poll has been made a hundred times before but idc. goyim u can wait literally 1 day to see the results pls don’t spoil the poll thx.

[orannotoren]

Jewish Holiday Miku - Tu B’Av ❤️💕🌕

[istodayajewishholiday]

19 August 2024 - 15 Av 5784

Yes, today is Tu B’Av. Tu B’Av (the 15th of Av) is celebrated as a holiday of love. It does not have many associated customs. In more modern times it has become similar to Valentine’s Day, a day for weddings or vows of love.

[bigfootboyband]

Tu B’Av!

[bobemajses]

Girls dancing on Tu B’Av in Hadera, Sharon plain, early 20th century.

Coming less than a week after the sorrowful mourning of Tisha b’Av (on the 9th of Av), Tu b’Av is a Jewish holiday of love. Tu b’Av occurs on a full moon, as the Hebrew calendar is lunar. Linking the full moon with love, fertility, and romance is common in ancient cultures. The first mention of Tu b’Av is in the Mishna (Taanit), where it says, “There were no better days for the people of Israel than the Fifteenth of Av and Yom Kippur, since on these days the daughters of Jerusalem go out dressed in white and dance in the vineyards. What were they saying: Young man, consider who you choose (to be your wife).”

[jessicalprice]

why are all the Jews suddenly posting about cheesecake, you ask? because it’s Shavuot!

sorry, let me give you a quick guide to Jewish holidays

Rosh Hashanah: dip apples in honey, contemplate feeling guilty

Yom Kippur: feel guilty, don’t eat

Sukkot: build a treehouse, shake a lemon at God

Simchat Torah: dance with a Torah scroll

Hanukkah: resist tyranny, eat fried food, set things on fire

Tu B’shvat: hug trees, eat every type of fruit and nut you can acquire, do complicated wine math

Purim: put on a drunken play about a teenage beauty queen, cast shade at tyrants

Passover: don’t eat pastry

Maimuna: eat a ton of pastry

Lag B’omer: set things on fire, shoot arrows, learn about rabbis with laser eyes

Shavuot: eat cheese and stay up all night reading with your female friends

Tisha B’av: mourn, preferably AT people

Hope that clears up any confusion