This Shabbat before �×�©�¢ה באב Tisha B'Av - the Ninth of Av, (Tuesday, August 3), is called �©ב�× חזון, Shabbat Chazon - the 'Shabbat of Vision,' because of the Haftora which is read from the first chapter of the Book of Yeshayahu / Isaiah, which begins "Chazon Yeshayahu - (the vision of Yeshayahu...)". In it, he prophesies about the destruction of Yerushalayim and the Beit Hamikdash.

The three Haftorot of the three weeks preceding the Ninth of Av, are called the — שלש דפורענותא - the "Three
(Haftorot) of Punishment."

This week we DO NOT study Pirkei Avot - "Ethics of the Fathers"

MONDAY AUGUST 9, IS TU B'AV, READ ALL ABOUT IT HERE