One should study the laws pertaining to the upcoming fast in detail before the fast day.
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| The Fast days | ||||||||||||||||||
| These are the fast days of our calendar. One should study the laws pertaining to the upcoming fast in detail before the fast day. |
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| Fast of the Seventeenth of Tamuz (Tamuz 17) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mentioned by the prophet Zechariah, the 17th of Tamuz marks the beginning of the destruction of Jerusalem. On this day in 70CE the Romans breached the walls encircling Jerusalem, which led to the destruction of the second Temple. (During the siege preceding the first destruction of the Temple in 587BCE, the Romans breached the walls on the 9th of Tamuz (Jeremiah 39:2), but both events are commemorated on the same date. The actual destruction of the Temple itself took place on the 9th of Av - both in 587BCE and 70CE. See Tisha B'Av. | ||||||||||||||||||
| The Fast of the Tenth of Tevet (Tevet 10) | ||||||||||||||||||
| The fast marks the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem by the forces of Nebuchadnezzar, and is thus connected with the destruction of Jerusalem. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tisha B'Av (Av 9) | ||||||||||||||||||
| The saddest day of the Jewish calendar. On this day both the First and the Second Temple were destroyed. (587BCE and 70CE) On this day in 1290, King Edward I signed the edict compelling the Jews to leave England. The Jewish expulsion from Spain in 1492 also occured on this day. Tisha Be'Av also marked the outbreak of World War I. The fast of Tisha B'Av begins after Ma'ariv services, Sefer Eicha (the book of Lmentations) is read. This is followed by reading of Kinot, sorrowful hymns that emphasize the import of the fast. On the day of the ninth, Tallit and Tefillin are not worn during Shacharit services, as a sign of mourning. | ||||||||||||||||||
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