Sitting on Ground until Chatzot on Tisha B'Av
Sitting low to the ground until midday on Tisha B'Av — taking on a mourner's posture so the whole community grieves together.
On Tisha B'Av, the day mourning the destruction of the Temples, Jews sit low to the ground — on the floor or a low stool — until midday, taking on the posture of a personal mourner so the whole community grieves together.
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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim · Joseph Karo · c. 1563 CE
On Tisha B'Av, Jews sit on the ground or very low stools (under 3 handbreadths high) until midday as a sign of mourning, mimicking the behavior of mourners during shiva. Codifies that one sits on the
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Kitzur Shulchan Arukh · Shlomo Ganzfried · c. 1844 CE
On Tisha B'Av, Jews sit on the ground or very low stools (under 3 handbreadths high) until midday as a sign of mourning, mimicking the behavior of mourners during shiva. (Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried) Summa
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Mishnah Berurah · Israel Meir Kagan (Chafetz Chaim) · c. 1875 CE
On Tisha B'Av, Jews sit on the ground or very low stools (under 3 handbreadths high) until midday as a sign of mourning, mimicking the behavior of mourners during shiva. (Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan) Ela
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