Tisha B'Av 2021 Saturday 17 July
Sunday 18 July
Fast Commences 9.11pm Shabbat Ends 10.12pm Maariv and Eichah 10.30pm Shacharit at 8.00am (expected to finish about 10am) Minchah 1.45pm or 6pm (to be decided on the day) Fast ends at 9.40pm
Pesach 2021 How to organise Pesach preparations when Pesach starts on a Saturday night Barry Landy The preparation of Pesach this year is more complicated than usual since Erev Pesach is Shabbat, and so the usual clearing away on Erev Pesach has to be done one day earlier. Full details of all the problems and how to proceed, as well as a list of foods and medicines that may be used on Pesach even though they do not have a Beth-Din label, will no doubt be published in the Jewish Chronicle in due course. Meanwhile the following may help people to plan ahead. The full explanation gives a number of alternative strategies. I think that the easiest way of proceeding is as follows. Pretend that Pesach actually starts on Friday evening (March 26) and not Saturday evening (March 27) and carry out all the preparations as though starting the first Seder on Friday night. This means that: 1. The search for Chametz takes place on Thursday evening, 25 March 2. Chametz is burnt on Friday morning, 26 March Page 34
