Sefaria Jewish Calendar Times Thursday, 9 Av, 5783 July 27, 2023
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Sefaria Jewish Calendar Times Thursday, 9 Av, 5783 July 27, 2023 Fast of Tishah B'Av Torah Reading 9th of Av - Shacharit: Deuteronomy 4:25-40 9th of Av - Shacharit: Jeremiah 8:13 - 9:23 Jewish History Exodus Generation Condemned to Die in Desert (1312 BCE) On the Ninth of Av of the year 2449 from creation (1312 BCE), the generation of Jews who came out of Egypt under Moses' leadership 16 months earlier were condemned to die in the desert and the entry into the Land of Israel was delayed for 40 years. As related in Numbers 14, when the Spies that Moses sent to the Land of Canaan returned with their disheartening report (see " Today in Jewish History " for yesterday, Av 8 ), the people wept all night -- the night of Av 9th -- proclaiming that they'd rather return to Egypt than attempt to conquer and settle it; G-d decreed that the entire generation would wander in the desert for 40 years until the last of them died out, and that their children, under the leadershi