Tisha BAv

E16493

Jewish fast day Jewish holiday day of mourning

Tisha B'Av is a major Jewish fast day of mourning that commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem and other tragedies in Jewish history.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Tisha B'Av	12
Tisha B’Av	6
Kinot for Tisha B'Av	1
Tisha B'Av fast	1
Tisha BAv canonical	1
follows Tisha B'Av	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T35333 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tisha BAv
Context triple: [Judaism, hasHoliday, Tisha BAv]

A. Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement, a solemn fast day devoted to repentance, prayer, and reflection, marking the holiest date in the Jewish calendar.
B. Purim
Purim is a joyous Jewish holiday commemorating the salvation of the Jews in ancient Persia as recounted in the biblical Book of Esther, celebrated with feasting, costumes, charity, and the reading of the Megillah.
C. Shavuot
Shavuot is a major Jewish festival that commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai and marks the wheat harvest in Israel.
D. Sukkot
Sukkot is a week-long Jewish harvest festival and pilgrimage holiday commemorating the Israelites’ dwelling in temporary shelters after the Exodus from Egypt.
E. Passover
Passover is a major Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites’ exodus from slavery in Egypt, marked by ritual meals, storytelling, and the avoidance of leavened bread.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tisha BAv
Target entity description: Tisha B'Av is a major Jewish fast day of mourning that commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem and other tragedies in Jewish history.

A. Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement, a solemn fast day devoted to repentance, prayer, and reflection, marking the holiest date in the Jewish calendar.
B. Purim
Purim is a joyous Jewish holiday commemorating the salvation of the Jews in ancient Persia as recounted in the biblical Book of Esther, celebrated with feasting, costumes, charity, and the reading of the Megillah.
C. Shavuot
Shavuot is a major Jewish festival that commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai and marks the wheat harvest in Israel.
D. Sukkot
Sukkot is a week-long Jewish harvest festival and pilgrimage holiday commemorating the Israelites’ dwelling in temporary shelters after the Exodus from Egypt.
E. Passover
Passover is a major Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites’ exodus from slavery in Egypt, marked by ritual meals, storytelling, and the avoidance of leavened bread.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish fast day ⓘ Jewish holiday ⓘ day of mourning ⓘ
associatedPractice	dimmed or reduced lighting in synagogue ⓘ refraining from greetings ⓘ removal or covering of the parochet (ark curtain) ⓘ sitting on low stools or the floor ⓘ
calendar	Hebrew calendar ⓘ
category	Jewish days of fasting ⓘ Jewish days of mourning ⓘ
commemorates	Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE) ⓘ surface form: Destruction of the First Temple Destruction of the First Temple by the Babylonians ⓘ Roman destruction of the Second Temple ⓘ surface form: Destruction of the Second Temple Destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans ⓘ Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ surface form: Expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492 Outbreaks of major persecutions of Jews ⓘ Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE) ⓘ surface form: Siege and fall of Jerusalem multiple tragedies in Jewish history ⓘ
date	9 Av ⓘ
dateHebrew	9th day of the month of Av ⓘ
fastDuration	approximately 25 hours ⓘ
fastRestrictions	no anointing with oils ⓘ no bathing ⓘ no drinking ⓘ no eating ⓘ no marital relations ⓘ no wearing leather shoes ⓘ
fastType	major fast ⓘ
halachicStatus	rabbinic fast day ⓘ
languageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalPractice	reading the Book of Lamentations ⓘ recitation of kinot ⓘ
liturgicalText	Lamentations ⓘ surface form: Book of Lamentations
meaningOfName	Ninth of Av ⓘ
observedBy	religious Jews ⓘ traditional Jews ⓘ
occursIn	month of Av ⓘ
prohibitionsBegin	sunset on the eve of 9 Av ⓘ
prohibitionsEnd	nightfall after 9 Av ⓘ
relatedTo	Jerusalem ⓘ Nine Days ⓘ Jewish Temple ⓘ surface form: Temple in Jerusalem Three Weeks ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
theme	exile and suffering ⓘ hope for redemption ⓘ mourning the destruction of the Temple ⓘ national Jewish tragedy ⓘ

How these facts were elicited