Editing Tisha B'Av (section)

===Additional customs===
[[File:PikiWiki Israel 3434 9 av kotel.JPG|thumb|200px| Reading ''kinnot'' at the Western Wall]]
[[Torah study]] is forbidden on Tisha B'Av (as it is considered an enjoyable activity), except for the study of distressing texts such as the [[Book of Lamentations]], the [[Book of Job]], portions of [[Book of Jeremiah|Jeremiah]] and chapters of the [[Talmud]] that discuss the laws of mourning and those that discuss the destruction of the [[Temple in Jerusalem]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Joseph ben Ephraim Karo|author-link=Joseph ben Ephraim Karo|title=''Shulchan Aruch'', Orach Chayim, Siman 554.|url=https://www.sefaria.org/Shulchan_Arukh%2C_Orach_Chayim.554?lang=en|access-date=30 July 2020|quote=Tisha b'Av is forbidden for washing, anointing, wearing leather shoes, and marital relations. It is also forbidden to read from the [[Torah]], [[Nevi'im]] (Prophets), and [[Ketuvim]] (Writings) and to learn [[mishna]] and [[midrash]] and [[gemara]] and [[halacha]] and [[aggada]], because it says, "The precepts of God are right, gladdening the heart" ([[Psalm 19|Tehillim 19:9]]). Schoolchildren are idle on it. One may read [[Book of Job|Iyov]] and the negative passages in [[Book of Jeremiah|Yirmiyah]], but if there are between them passages of consolation, one must skip them.}}</ref><ref name="donin">{{cite book | last = Donin | first = Hayim Halevy | year = 1991 | title = To Be a Jew | publisher = Basic Books | isbn = 0-465-08632-2 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/tobejewguideto000doni/page/264 264] | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/tobejewguideto000doni }}</ref>

In [[synagogue]], prior to the commencement of the evening services, the [[parochet]], which normally covers and adorns the [[Torah ark]], is removed or drawn aside until the [[Mincha]] prayer service.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=11 August 2019|title=Fallen Glory - The Message of Tisha B'Av • Torah.org|date=10 October 2016|url=https://torah.org/learning/integrity-fallenglory/}}</ref> [[Spanish and Portuguese Jews]], who do not hang a curtain in front of the ark during the rest of the year, place a black curtain over the ark for tisha b'av.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dobrinsky |first=Herbert C. |title=A treasury of Sephardic laws and customs: the ritual practices of Syrian, Moroccan, Judeo-Spanish and Spanish and Portuguese Jews of North America |publisher=Yeshiva University Ktav |location=Hoboken, N.J |year=1986 |isbn=0-88125-032-5 |edition=2nd |pages=306 |language=English}}</ref>

According to [[Moses Isserles]], it is customary to sit on low stools or on the floor, as is done during [[Shiva (Judaism)|shiva]] (the first week of mourning), from the meal immediately before the fast (the [[Seudah#Seudah HaMafseket|seudah hamafseket]]) until [[Zmanim#Midday|midday (chatzot hayom)]] of the fast itself.  It is customary to eat a hard-boiled egg dipped in ashes and a piece of bread dipped into ashes during this pre-fast meal. The [[Beit Yosef (book)|''Beit Yosef'']] rules that the custom to sit low to the ground extends past mid-day until one prays [[Mincha]] (the afternoon prayer).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Selected Halachos of the Days of Tisha B'Av {{!}} Beit Midrash {{!}} Torah Lessons {{!}} yeshiva.co|url=https://www.yeshiva.co/midrash/6869|access-date=29 July 2020|website=Yeshiva Site|language=en}}</ref>

The custom is to dim the lighting and to read the [[kinnot]] by candlelight. Some sleep on the floor or modify their normal sleeping routine, for instance, by sleeping without a pillow (or with one fewer pillow than usual). People refrain from greeting each other or sending gifts on this day. Old [[siddur]]im and [[Torah scroll]]s are often buried on this day.<ref name="ohr.edu" />

The custom is to not put on [[tefillin]] nor [[tallit]] for [[Shacharit]] services. Men wear only the [[tallit katan]] without a blessing. At mincha services, tzitzit and tefilin are worn, with proper blessings before donning them.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Joseph ben Ephraim Karo|author-link=Joseph ben Ephraim Karo|title=Shulchan Aruch/Orach Chaim/555|url=https://en.wikisource.org/?curid=57353|access-date=18 April 2016}}</ref>