Shabbat Chazon / שַׁבָּת חֲזוֹן

Shabbat before Tish’a B’Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) 🕍

Shabbat Chazon for Hebrew Year 5783 begins at sundown on Friday, 21 July 2023 and ends at nightfall on Saturday, 22 July 2023. This corresponds to Parashat Devarim.

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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References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)

Rabbi Michael Strassfeld

"Shabbat Chazon – of Vision" in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia

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