Av

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Hebrew calendar month Jewish fast day Jewish minor holiday month of the Hebrew calendar period of mourning in Judaism

Av is the fifth month of the Hebrew calendar, traditionally associated with both national tragedies and consolation in Jewish history and observance.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hebrew calendar month ⓘ Jewish fast day ⓘ Jewish minor holiday ⓘ month of the Hebrew calendar ⓘ period of mourning in Judaism ⓘ period of mourning in Judaism ⓘ
alsoCalled	Menachem ⓘ surface form: Menachem Av
associatedWith	Jewish history ⓘ Jewish observance ⓘ consolation ⓘ destruction of the First Temple ⓘ destruction of the Second Temple ⓘ joy ⓘ love ⓘ national tragedies ⓘ
calendar	Hebrew calendar ⓘ
characterizedBy	consolation in its second half ⓘ mourning in its first half ⓘ
containsPeriod	The Nine Days ⓘ Three Weeks ⓘ surface form: The Three Weeks
correspondsRoughlyToGregorian	July–August ⓘ
dayOfMonth	15 ⓘ 9 ⓘ
endsInMonth	Av ⓘ
endsOnDay	9 Av ⓘ
follows	Tammuz ⓘ
hasDay	Tisha BAv ⓘ surface form: Tisha B'Av Tu B'Av ⓘ
hasNumberOfDays	30 ⓘ
hasTheme	destruction and rebuilding ⓘ tragedy and consolation ⓘ
languageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
meaning	Consoling Av ⓘ
occursInMonth	Av ⓘ Av ⓘ Av ⓘ
partOf	Jewish year ⓘ
positionInCalendar	5 ⓘ
precedes	Elul ⓘ
religiousTradition	Judaism ⓘ
seasonInIsrael	summer ⓘ
startsOnDay	1 Av ⓘ
usedBy	Jewish communities worldwide ⓘ
usedFor	dating documents in Jewish law ⓘ determining Jewish fast days ⓘ determining Jewish holidays ⓘ
usedIn	liturgical calendar ⓘ religious observances ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tammuz → precedes → Av ⓘ