[1] In modern-day Israel, it is celebrated as a holiday of love (חג האהבה Ḥag HaAhava), akin to Valentine's Day.

Called Tu B'Av because of the sound of the two Hebrew letters whose combined numerical value corresponds to that of the date (15).

According to the Mishna, Tu B'Av was a joyous holiday in the days of the Temple in Jerusalem, marking the beginning of the grape harvest.

[3] On Yom Kippur and Tu B'Av, the unmarried girls of Jerusalem dressed in white garments and went out to dance in the vineyards.

[12] In Isaac Blum's 2022 novel, The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen[15] the story begins during Tu B'Av.