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amother

Wed, Jul 26 2023, 11:56 pm

This is my first year doing Tisha B'Av all the way. I know the custom is to have the last meal of bread and/or egg dipped in ashes. My question is: What ashes?? Where do you get ashes from? What kind of ashes are safe to eat?

Do you follow this custom? If so, how do you do it, what ashes do you use?

Einikel

Wed, Jul 26 2023, 11:57 pm

Literally anything. We usually use ash from matches.

amother

Mocha

Thu, Jul 27 2023, 12:00 am

We burn a sheet of paper. (obviously safely)

amother

Stoneblue

Thu, Jul 27 2023, 12:01 am

This year my DH took paper towel sheets, put it in a foil pan, and put it carefully on fire with a lighter. We then dipped our egg a tiny bit in the ashes.

amother

Apricot

Thu, Jul 27 2023, 12:02 am

amother Stoneblue wrote:

This year my DH took paper towel sheets, put it in a foil pan, and put it carefully on fire with a lighter. We then dipped our egg a tiny bit in the ashes.

Exactly what we always do

essie14

Thu, Jul 27 2023, 12:17 am

amother Stoneblue wrote:

This year my DH took paper towel sheets, put it in a foil pan, and put it carefully on fire with a lighter. We then dipped our egg a tiny bit in the ashes.

Exactly what I've done my whole life.

Hashem_Yaazor

Thu, Jul 27 2023, 7:43 am

I just wanted to add that watching the paper towel on fire gave me a feeling of churban. Like how much fire was on this one paper towel consumed, imagine the Bais Hamikdosh in flames.

(That's not the point of the ashes but it ended up being a source of connection to me this year.)

amother

DarkRed

Thu, Jul 27 2023, 7:55 am

I burn toast and scrape off the ash.

Id prefer not to use non food items like paper. Its probably full of chemicals.

amother

Snapdragon

Thu, Jul 27 2023, 7:55 am

Hashem_Yaazor wrote:

Same. Every year.

amother

Blue

Thu, Jul 27 2023, 7:58 am

And my mother’s ASHES
Even her EYELASHES
Are resting in a little yellow jar!

Only Friends fans will get this.

Last edited by amother on Thu, Jul 27 2023, 8:28 am; edited 1 time in total

Ema of 5

Thu, Jul 27 2023, 7:58 am

amother OP wrote:

We don’t do ashes, and I don’t do bread. We had some people eating with us who did ashes. I think they burned a piece of paper.

Rubber Ducky

Thu, Jul 27 2023, 8:53 am

We burned a up a few sheets of nori — that’s the seaweed part of sushi. We prefer to start with something that’s a food.

amother

Bergamot

Thu, Jul 27 2023, 9:51 am

We burnt toast in the toaster and scraped off the black and dipped bread and hard boiled eggs in the black ashes
That’s the last meal with water
Nothing else

amother

Green

Thu, Jul 27 2023, 10:28 am

DH burned a tissue. DD said that's why it's called tishubuv LOL

(chassidish havara).

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