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	[[Tu Be'Av]] is is the fifteenth day of the month of Av. It is a day of celebration commemorating a number of joyous events in Jewish history~~, and, as a result~~, we do not recite [[Tachanun]] on it or at ~~the~~ [[Mincha]] ~~beforehand~~.		[[Tu Be'Av]] is is the fifteenth day of the month of Av. It is a day of celebration commemorating a number of joyous events in Jewish history. Because of its joyous nature, we do not recite [[Tachanun]] on it nor at [[Mincha]] the day before.
	==Why is Tu Be'Av a Holiday?==		==Why is Tu Be'Av a Holiday?==
	Chazal state that Tu Be'Av is one of the two happiest days of the ~~year~~.		Chazal state that Tu Be'Av is one of the two happiest days of the Jewish calendar<ref>Mishnah Taanit 26b</ref>. The Gemara<ref>Taanit 30b-31a</ref> records a number of events that took place on this day.

	#It was the day ~~when~~ the ~~Jewish people in~~ the ~~desert stopping dying in the plague as~~ a ~~result~~ of ~~the sin of the spies~~.		#It was the day on which members of different tribes were allowed to marry one another.<ref>For the generation that entered the Land of Israel, there was a prohibition for members of different tribes to marry one another.
	~~#It is~~ was ~~the day~~ that ~~the Jewish boys and girls~~ would ~~go out~~ to ~~the field to find a potential spouse to get married~~.
			The concern was that land in Israel belonging to one tribe would be transferred to another tribe. See Bamidbar 36:8-9. </ref>
	#It was the day that the tribes decided to make peace with Binyamin after they had a brutal civil war and almost wiped them out.<ref>See Shu"t Chayim She'al 1:41</ref>		#It was the day that the tribes decided to make peace with Binyamin after they had a brutal civil war and almost wiped them out.<ref>See Shu"t Chayim She'al 1:41</ref>
			#It was the day when the Jewish people in the desert stopping dying as a result of the sin of the spies.<ref>The Gemara says that it was at this point that Hashem's "דבור" returned to Moshe. Rashi, commenting on this Gemara, notes that this is seemingly difficult, as we find Hashem speaking to Moshe many times before this. He gives two answers to deal with this problem. Until now, Hashem's talking with Moshe had not been with חיבה , belovedness. Alternatively, Hashem's speech with Moshe until now had not been face to face, but rather in a vision at night. </ref>
			#It was the day that Hoshea ben Eilah removed the soldiers set up by Yeravam ben Nevat that prevented Bnai Yisrael from going on Aliyah L'Regel to the Beit HaMikdash.
			#It was the day on which the Jews were given permission to bury their dead in Beitar after the Romans massacred them and didn't allow them to be buried.
	#It was the day that the wood that was donated during the summer for the Mizbe'ach in the Bet Hamikdash would be completed.		#It was the day that the wood that was donated during the summer for the Mizbe'ach in the Bet Hamikdash would be completed.
	#It was the day ~~on which~~ the ~~Jews were given permission~~ to ~~bury their dead in Beitar after~~ the ~~Romans massacred them and didn't let them bury their dead~~.~~<ref>Gemara Tanit 30b</ref>~~		#It is was the day that the Jewish boys and girls would go out to the field to find a potential spouse to get married.

	According to the Zohar<ref>Zohar vol. 2 page 195</ref>, one must make Simcha on Tu BeAv because of Ilui Shechinah.<ref>Moreh BaEtzbah 8:242, Ben Ish Chai (Shanah Sheniah, Devarim 1)</ref> In fact, Tu BeAv is the day the Jews in the desert merited Hashra'at HaShechinah, from the Simcha generated by realizing the decree was rescinded.<ref>Mateh Moshe 777</ref>		According to the Zohar<ref>Zohar vol. 2 page 195</ref>, one must make Simcha on Tu BeAv because of Ilui Shechinah.<ref>Moreh BaEtzbah 8:242, Ben Ish Chai (Shanah Sheniah, Devarim 1)</ref> In fact, Tu BeAv is the day that the Jews in the desert merited Hashra'at HaShechinah, from the Simcha generated by realizing the decree was rescinded.<ref>Mateh Moshe 777</ref>

	According to the Bnei Yisaschar<ref>Mamarei Tamuz - Av n. 3 s.v. bpasuk vav, s.v. vtavin, Mamarei Tamuz - Av n. 2 s.v. vheneh ket</ref> all the reasons that Chazal give for Tu Be'av revolve around reconciliation and harmony, whether it is ~~between~~ the Jews ~~one to another~~ or between the Jews and Hashem. It is the correction of the sins of [[Tisha B'av]]. Also, it is the 28th day from [[Shiva Asar BTamuz]] which is the gematria of כח, strength, as we hope that the incomplete names of Hashem which add up to 22<ref>[[Image:Miluy of Miluy.png\|left\|250px]]		According to the Bnei Yisaschar<ref>Mamarei Tamuz - Av n. 3 s.v. bpasuk vav, s.v. vtavin, Mamarei Tamuz - Av n. 2 s.v. vheneh ket</ref> all the reasons that Chazal give for Tu Be'av revolve around reconciliation and harmony, whether it is within the Jews themselves, or between the Jews and Hashem. It is the correction of the sins of [[Tisha B'av]]. Also, it is the 28th day from [[Shiva Asar BTamuz]] which is the gematria of כח, strength, as we hope that the incomplete names of Hashem which add up to 22<ref>[[Image:Miluy of Miluy.png\|left\|250px]]
	[[Image:28_Missing.png\|right\|300px]]		[[Image:28_Missing.png\|right\|300px]]
	The Vav (6) Key (5) from Hashem's four letter name, the Aleph (1) from Kiseh, His Chair, and the Yud (1) from Yerushalayim are all missing in the Torah until the coming of Mashiach. Together they add up to 22 (6+5+1+10). However, once the Mashiach will come we will again have these letters together with the Vav (6) from Eliyahu, which would make a complete set of 28. 28 is also associated with a complete moon, which is an analogy to the rebirth and restoration of the redemption of Klal Yisrael. Also, 28 is the miluy of the miluy of Hashem's name. See [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/965416/rabbi-ike-sultan/filling-the-void-in-our-hearts-hashem-s-name/ Rabbi Sultan on this topic] for more connections.</ref> and is highlighted on 22nd day from Shiva Asar BTamuz, which is [[Tisha B'av]] the day when the Bet Hamikdash was destroyed, is completed and restored on the 28th.		The Vav (6) Key (5) from Hashem's four letter name, the Aleph (1) from Kiseh, His Chair, and the Yud (1) from Yerushalayim are all missing in the Torah until the coming of Mashiach. Together they add up to 22 (6+5+1+10). However, once the Mashiach will come we will again have these letters together with the Vav (6) from Eliyahu, which would make a complete set of 28. 28 is also associated with a complete moon, which is an analogy to the rebirth and restoration of the redemption of Klal Yisrael. Also, 28 is the miluy of the miluy of Hashem's name. See [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/965416/rabbi-ike-sultan/filling-the-void-in-our-hearts-hashem-s-name/ Rabbi Sultan on this topic] for more connections.</ref> and is highlighted on 22nd day from Shiva Asar BTamuz, which is [[Tisha B'av]] the day when the Bet Hamikdash was destroyed, is completed and restored on the 28th.
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	==Prayer==		==Prayer==

	#[[Tachanun]] is omitted on Tu BeAv.<ref>Orchot Chaim 7, Derech HaChaim 38:10, Kesher Gudal 19:17, Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 131:36, 459:26)</ref> and Mincha the day before.<ref>Although Shulchan Aruch implies Tachanun is recited, the custom is not so. Mishna Berurah 131:~~30,~~ Aruch HaShulchan ~~(Orach Chaim~~ 131:2)</ref>		#[[Tachanun]] is omitted on Tu BeAv<ref>Orchot Chaim 7, Derech HaChaim 38:10, Kesher Gudal 19:17, Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 131:36, 459:26)</ref> and at Mincha the day before.<ref>Although Shulchan Aruch implies that Tachanun is recited at Mincha before Tu B'Av, the custom is not so (Mishna Berurah 131:32 and Aruch HaShulchan 131:2). </ref>
	#Some Ashkenazim omit "Lamenatzeach" on Tu Be'Av, while others do not.<ref>Elyah Rabbah 131:14 says one should recite it. Chayei Adam (1:32:34) quotes both views.</ref>		#Some Ashkenazim omit "Lamenatzeach" on Tu Be'Av, while others do not.<ref>Elyah Rabbah 131:14 says one should recite it. Chayei Adam (1:32:34) quotes both views.</ref>

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	==Mourning==		==Mourning==

	#One may recite Tzidduk ~~haDin~~ for a great Talmid Chacham on Tu BeAv.<ref>Mishna Berurah 420:4</ref>		#One may recite Tzidduk HaDin for a great Talmid Chacham on Tu BeAv.<ref>Mishna Berurah 420:4</ref>
	#A mourner may be Shaliach Tzibbur on Tu BeAv.<ref>Mishnah Berurah 671:44, Piskei Teshuvot 683:1</ref>		#A mourner may be Shaliach Tzibbur on Tu BeAv.<ref>Mishnah Berurah 671:44, Piskei Teshuvot 683:1</ref>

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	==Orlah==		==Orlah==

	#Any seeds or saplings planted ''before'' Tu BeAv can count the following [[Rosh HaShana]] as the completion of the first year of the [[Orlah]] count, because it takes two weeks (from Tu BeAv to Rosh [[Chodesh Elul]]) for Halacha to recognize its integration into the ground and thirty days (the month of Elul) to count as a whole year. Anything planted ''after'' Tu BeAv must count a full year ending on the next [[Rosh Hashana]], not the approaching one.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah, Orlah 3:2)</ref>		#Any seeds or saplings planted ''before'' Tu BeAv can count the following [[Rosh HaShana]] as the completion of the first year of the [[Orlah]] count, because it takes two weeks (from Tu BeAv to Rosh [[Chodesh Elul]]) for Halacha to recognize its integration into the ground and thirty days (the month of Elul) to count as a whole year. Anything planted ''after'' Tu BeAv must count a full year ending on the next [[Rosh Hashana]], not the approaching one.<ref>Shulchan Aruch (Yoreh Deah 294:4-5), Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah, Orlah 3:2)</ref>
	#If one is unsure if the seed was planted before or after Tu BeAv, in Eretz Yisrael, he must be strict and count a full year, but in Chutz LaAretz, he may be lenient and count the forty-four days before [[Rosh HaShana]] as the first year.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah, Orlah 3:5)</ref>		#If one is unsure if the seed was planted before or after Tu BeAv, in Eretz Yisrael, he must be strict and count a full year, but in Chutz LaAretz, he may be lenient and count the forty-four days before [[Rosh HaShana]] as the first year.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah, Orlah 3:5)</ref>

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	#It was the day when the Jewish people in the desert stopping dying in the plague as a result of the sin of the spies.		#It was the day when the Jewish people in the desert stopping dying in the plague as a result of the sin of the spies.
	#It is was the day that the Jewish boys and girls would go out to the field to find a potential spouse to get married.		#It is was the day that the Jewish boys and girls would go out to the field to find a potential spouse to get married.
	#It was the day that the tribes decided to make peace with Binyamin after they had a brutal civil war and almost wiped them out.		#It was the day that the tribes decided to make peace with Binyamin after they had a brutal civil war and almost wiped them out.<ref>See Shu"t Chayim She'al 1:41</ref>
	#It was the day that the wood that was donated during the summer for the Mizbe'ach in the Bet Hamikdash would be completed.		#It was the day that the wood that was donated during the summer for the Mizbe'ach in the Bet Hamikdash would be completed.
	#It was the day on which the Jews were given permission to bury their dead in Beitar after the Romans massacred them and didn't let them bury their dead.<ref>Gemara Tanit 30b</ref>		#It was the day on which the Jews were given permission to bury their dead in Beitar after the Romans massacred them and didn't let them bury their dead.<ref>Gemara Tanit 30b</ref>

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	#Some begin a series of forty days of fasting after Tu BeAv, corresponding to the forty days Moshe Rabbenu was on Har Sinai. Although those forty days begin with Rosh [[Chodesh Elul]], the series is begun earlier due to the days one may not fast, such as [[Shabbat]] and [[Rosh Chodesh]]. If one wants to space out the fasts even more, he must begin from after [[Tisha Be'Av]].<ref>Elya Zuta 581:9, Yosef Ometz (Yospa) Siman 496, Mishna Berurah 568:34</ref>		#Some begin a series of forty days of fasting after Tu BeAv, corresponding to the forty days Moshe Rabbenu was on Har Sinai. Although those forty days begin with Rosh [[Chodesh Elul]], the series is begun earlier due to the days one may not fast, such as [[Shabbat]] and [[Rosh Chodesh]]. If one wants to space out the fasts even more, he must begin from after [[Tisha Be'Av]].<ref>Elya Zuta 581:9, Yosef Ometz (Yospa) Siman 496, Mishna Berurah 568:34</ref>

			==Nedarim==
			# Even though Tu BeAv is referred to as a "Yom Tov" in the Gemara, one who takes a [[Nedarim\|Neder]] not to eat meat on any day but [[Yom Tov]] may not eat on Tu BeAv.<ref>Shu"t Beit Mordechai 1:44</ref>
	==Torah Learning==		==Torah Learning==

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	===Working the Land During Shemita===		===Working the Land During Shemita===

	#One may not prune Aravah bushes on Tu BeAv of Shemitah for them to grow long in time for [[Sukkot]].<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah, Sheviit 7:25)</ref>		#One may not prune Aravah bushes on Tu BeAv of Shemitah for them to grow long in time for [[Sukkot]]; however, if it was done, the Aravot may be used.<ref>Ohr LeTzion (Sheviit 1:19), Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah, Sheviit 7:25)</ref>
	#One who lives in an apartment building and cannot prevent work from being done on the apartments gardens during Shemita should tell the board that he wants his fees to go towards non-gardening expenses. Some say he should declare the garden Hefker in front of three people, and it is advisable to do so before Tu BeAv.<ref>Ma'amar Mordechai (Eliyahu, Sheviit 9:22)</ref>		#One who lives in an apartment building and cannot prevent work from being done on the apartments gardens during Shemita should tell the board that he wants his fees to go towards non-gardening expenses. Some say he should declare the garden Hefker in front of three people, and it is advisable to do so before Tu BeAv.<ref>Ma'amar Mordechai (Eliyahu, Sheviit 9:22)</ref>

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	#A mourner may be Shaliach Tzibbur on Tu BeAv.<ref>Mishnah Berurah 671:44, Piskei Teshuvot 683:1</ref>		#A mourner may be Shaliach Tzibbur on Tu BeAv.<ref>Mishnah Berurah 671:44, Piskei Teshuvot 683:1</ref>

	==Misc.===		==Misc.==
	# Some say that one should begin wishing others a Shana Tovah already from Tu BeAv.<Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 581 introduction</ref>		# Some say that one should begin wishing others a Shana Tovah already from Tu BeAv.<Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 581 introduction</ref>

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	#One may recite Tzidduk haDin for a great Talmid Chacham on Tu BeAv.<ref>Mishna Berurah 420:4</ref>		#One may recite Tzidduk haDin for a great Talmid Chacham on Tu BeAv.<ref>Mishna Berurah 420:4</ref>
	#A mourner may be Shaliach Tzibbur on Tu BeAv.<ref>Mishnah Berurah 671:44, Piskei Teshuvot 683:1</ref>		#A mourner may be Shaliach Tzibbur on Tu BeAv.<ref>Mishnah Berurah 671:44, Piskei Teshuvot 683:1</ref>

			==Misc.===
			# Some say that one should begin wishing others a Shana Tovah already from Tu BeAv.<Ref>Piskei Teshuvot 581 introduction</ref>

	==Links==		==Links==

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	==Mourning==		==Mourning==
	#One may recite Tzidduk haDin for a great Talmid Chacham on Tu BeAv.<ref>Mishna Berurah 420:4</ref>		#One may recite Tzidduk haDin for a great Talmid Chacham on Tu BeAv.<ref>Mishna Berurah 420:4</ref>
			#A mourner may be Shaliach Tzibbur on Tu BeAv.<ref>Mishnah Berurah 671:44, Piskei Teshuvot 683:1</ref>

	==Links==		==Links==
	#[https://www.yeshiva.org.il/midrash/1641 Hilchot Tu Be'Av by Rav Mordechai Eliyahu]		#[https://www.yeshiva.org.il/midrash/1641 Hilchot Tu Be'Av by Rav Mordechai Eliyahu]

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	==Fasting==		==Fasting==
	# Beit Din cannot initiate a series of fasts on Tu BeAv, but if they began already, one would have to fast on Tu BeAv according to the letter of the law. Nowadays, this does not apply. If they instituted that one should abstain from meat at a certain interval and didn't realize it would coincide with Tu BeAv, one may eat meat if he has a seudat mitzvah on that day. An individual, however, who takes this upon himself, may not eat meat even on a seudat mitzvah.<ref>Chayei Adam 2-3:132:2. See Elyah Rabbah 580:9</ref>		# Beit Din cannot initiate a series of fasts on Tu BeAv, but if they began already, one would have to fast on Tu BeAv according to the letter of the law. Nowadays, this does not apply. If they instituted that one should abstain from meat at a certain interval and didn't realize it would coincide with Tu BeAv, one may eat meat if he has a seudat mitzvah on that day. An individual, however, who takes this upon himself, may not eat meat even on a seudat mitzvah.<ref>Chayei Adam 2-3:132:2. See Elyah Rabbah 580:9</ref>
	# One who gets married on Tu BeAv may not fast.<ref>Magen Avraham 573 introduction, Chochmat Adam 129:2, Derech HaChaim 223:2, Yechaveh Da'at 1:81 and 4:61, Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 455:18; Sova Semachot I, Chuppah veKiddushin 3:7)</ref>		# One who gets married on Tu BeAv may not fast.<ref>Magen Avraham 573 introduction, Chochmat Adam 129:2, Derech HaChaim 223:2, Aruch HaShulchan (Even HaEzer 61:21), Yechaveh Da'at 1:81 and 4:61, Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 455:18; Sova Semachot I, Chuppah veKiddushin 3:7)</ref>
	# Some begin a series of forty days of fasting after Tu BeAv, corresponding to the forty days Moshe Rabbenu was on Har Sinai. Although those forty days begin with Rosh [[Chodesh Elul]], the series is begun earlier due to the days one may not fast, such as [[Shabbat]] and [[Rosh Chodesh]]. If one wants to space out the fasts even more, he must begin from after [[Tisha Be'Av]].<ref>Elya Zuta 581:9, Yosef Ometz (Yospa) Siman 496, Mishna Berurah 568:34</ref>		# Some begin a series of forty days of fasting after Tu BeAv, corresponding to the forty days Moshe Rabbenu was on Har Sinai. Although those forty days begin with Rosh [[Chodesh Elul]], the series is begun earlier due to the days one may not fast, such as [[Shabbat]] and [[Rosh Chodesh]]. If one wants to space out the fasts even more, he must begin from after [[Tisha Be'Av]].<ref>Elya Zuta 581:9, Yosef Ometz (Yospa) Siman 496, Mishna Berurah 568:34</ref>