Can Conservative Jews get married on Tisha BAv?
Can Conservative Jews get married on Tisha B’Av? Rabbi Lerner I was raised as a Conservative Jew. We were planning our wedding for August 14, 2005, which I just learned falls on Tisha B’Av. As I read about this holiday, I find that the Orthodox view of how it should be observed is much different from the Reform, who do not seem to recognize it at all. What is the Conservative view of Tisha B’Av? Is a wedding on that day prohibited? Would you, as a conservative rabbi, not want to conduct a wedding ceremony on that day? Thank you, B Answer: Dear B, Thanks for writing and Mazal Tov. Tisha B’Av, the 9th of Av, has been observed probably since the destruction of the Second Temple on that date in 70 CE. It is unfortunate that many of our Religious Schools don’t teach children enough about this day of mourning. It is often called the “Black Fast” in contrast to Yom Kippur, the “White Fast,” because it truly deals with a number of tragedies in Jewish history various counted. Here is a compilat