{"id":8652,"date":"2016-05-08T22:00:01","date_gmt":"2016-05-08T19:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=8652"},"modified":"2022-03-21T16:19:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T14:19:32","slug":"05-08-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/05-08-22\/","title":{"rendered":"22. Shabbat \u0124azon"},"content":{"rendered":"
Shabbat \u0124azon is the Shabbat preceding Tisha Be-Av, on which we read the haftara beginning with the words \u201cThe vision of Yeshayahu (\u0124azon Yeshayahu)\u201d (Yeshayahu 1:1-27). This haftara contains admonitions that the prophet Yeshayahu pronounced to the people of Israel before the destruction of the Temple. According to Sephardic custom, the main expressions of mourning \u2013 like the prohibitions against washing clothes and bathing \u2013 begin immediately after this Shabbat, since that is when the week of Tisha Be-Av commences. Therefore, according to the custom of most Sephardim, there are no signs of mourning on Shabbat \u0124azon. According to Ashkenazic custom, however, several customs of mourning begin on Rosh \u0124odesh Av, making Shabbat \u0124azon part of the mourning period. Therefore, many of the European ancestors of Ashkenazim had the custom not to bathe in hot water before Shabbat \u0124azon or wear fancy Shabbat clothing on that Shabbat, as Rema writes (551:1, 16). Several great Ashkenazic sages, however, disagree with this custom, because one may not exhibit signs of mourning on Shabbat. Today, the prevalent custom among Ashkenazic Jews is to shower in lukewarm water, with soap and shampoo, in anticipation of Shabbat \u0124azon, and to wear laundered Shabbat clothing. Some are more stringent and leave out, or replace, one article of clothing, in order to express their sorrow over the destruction of the Temple (MB 551:6). 1<\/a><\/sup> Shabbat \u0124azon is the Shabbat preceding Tisha Be-Av, on which we read the haftara beginning with the words \u201cThe vision of Yeshayahu (\u0124azon Yeshayahu)\u201d (Yeshayahu 1:1-27). This haftara contains admonitions that the prophet Yeshayahu pronounced to the people of Israel before the destruction of the Temple. According to Sephardic custom, the main expressions of mourning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-05-08"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nIf a bar mitzva boy is called up to the Torah on Shabbat \u0124azon, his parents may host a kiddush in his honor, as is done on any other Shabbat throughout the year, since one should not exhibit signs of mourning on Shabbat. The same is true on the Shabbat before a wedding (Shabbat \u0124atan or aufruf), when the bridegroom is called up to the Torah: the family and friends may eat their meals together and participate in a kiddush, as is customary. Similarly, when a baby boy is born, those who have a custom to host a shalom zakhar may do so as they normally would. (The laws of Tisha Be-Av that falls out on Shabbat or Sunday will be explained below, 9:4.)<\/p>\n\n