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17 Tammuz – Seventeenth of Tammuz – is a fast day from 1 hour before sunrise to sundown in remembrance of Jerusalem's walls being breached. 17 Tammuz is the beginning of The Three Weeks, in which Jews follow similar customs as the ones followed during the Omer from the day following Passover until the culmination of the mourning for the death of the students of Rabbi Akiva (the 33rd day of ...
The fast of Tammuz, according to Rabbi Akiva's interpretation, is the fast mentioned in the Book of Zechariah as "the fast of the fourth [month]" (Zechariah 8:19). This refers to Tammuz, which is the fourth month of the Hebrew calendar. According to the Mishnah, [2] five calamities befell the Jewish people on this day:
Dumuzid or Dumuzi or Tammuz (Sumerian: 𒌉𒍣, romanized: Dumuzid; Akkadian: Duʾūzu, Dûzu; Hebrew: תַּמּוּז, romanized: Tammūz), [a] [b] known to the Sumerians as Dumuzid the Shepherd (Sumerian: 𒌉𒍣𒉺𒇻, romanized: Dumuzid sipad) [3] and to the Canaanites as Adon (Phoenician: 𐤀𐤃𐤍; Proto-Hebrew: 𐤀𐤃𐤍), is an ancient Mesopotamian and Levantine deity ...
From 17 Tammuz until the end of the month; From Rosh Chodesh Av until the week in which Tisha B'Av falls; The week in which Tisha B'Av falls until the Eighth of Av; Tisha B'Av itself; Standard Ashkenazic custom, or minhag, restricts the extent to which one may take a haircut, shave or listen to music with instruments. However, communities and ...
He then marked his brother's birthday in Caesarea, where 2,500 Jewish captives were killed in similar games. [385] [386] More executions took place during Vespasian's birthday celebrations in Berytus. [386] The final phase of the suppression, a mop-up operation to eliminate the remaining Jewish resistance, lasted until 73/74 CE. [387]
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The first day of the month of Tammuz was the day of the new moon of the summer solstice. [4] On the second day of the month, there was lamentation over the death of Tammuz, on the 9th, 16th and 17th days torchlit processions, and on the last three days, an image of Tammuz was buried. [3]