Shabbat Chazon ("Sabbath [of] vision" שבת חזון) takes its name from the Haftarah that is read on the Shabbat immediately prior to the mournful fast of Tisha B'Av, from the words of rebuke and doom coming from Isaiah in the Book of Isaiah 1:1-27. It is also referred to as the Black Sabbath due to its status as the saddest Shabbat of the year (as opposed to the White Sabbath, Shabbat Shuvah, immediately precededing Yom Kippur).
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List of Dates
Shabbat Chazon begins at sundown in the Diaspora on:- Fri, 05 August 2011 (6th of Av, 5771)
- Fri, 27 July 2012 (9th of Av, 5772)
- Fri, 12 July 2013 (6th of Av, 5773)
- Fri, 01 August 2014 (6th of Av, 5774)
- Fri, 24 July 2015 (9th of Av, 5775)
- Fri, 12 August 2016 (9th of Av, 5776)
References
- The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary
- Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
- "Special Shabbat" in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
- Wikimedia Foundation Inc.