Hi,
The fast day of the 17th of Tammuz, observed on Tuesday July 15th this year, commemorates five tragedies:
1. Moses descended from meeting Gd and receiving the Torah on Mount Sinai, saw the Jews celebrating with the Golden Calf, and broke the two tablets Gd had given him.
2. The daily Tamid offering, which had been brought regularly in the Jerusalem Beit haMikdash [Temple] from the time the Jews built the Mishkan for over one thousand years, was halted during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem before the Beit haMikdash was destroyed.
3. The Romans invaded Jerusalem, prior to destroying the second Beit haMikdash. (According to the Talmud Bavli, the Babylonians invaded Jerusalem to destroy the first Temple on the 9th of Tammuz. According to the Talmud Yerushalmi, both invasions occurred on the 17th of Tammuz.)
4. A Greek or Roman official named Apostimos held a public burning of the Torah.
5. Idols were set up in the Temple itself; it is not clear what year this happened.
(Mishneh Berurah 549:2)
צום קל ומועיל,
Mordechai
Showing posts with label Fast days: 17th of Tammuz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fast days: 17th of Tammuz. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Monday, July 14, 2014
Tuesday: The Fast of the 17th of Tammuz
Hi,
Tuesday July 15th is the fast of the 17th day of the month of Tammuz, and it begins a three-week national Jewish mourning period.
On the 17th of Tammuz one neither eats nor drinks, but - unlike the fasts of Tisha b'Av and Yom Kippur - one may wear leather shoes and wash normally.
(Code of Jewish Law Orach Chaim 550:2)
For more on the fast, click here; for more on the Three Weeks of mourning, click here.
צום קל ומועיל,
Mordechai
Tuesday July 15th is the fast of the 17th day of the month of Tammuz, and it begins a three-week national Jewish mourning period.
On the 17th of Tammuz one neither eats nor drinks, but - unlike the fasts of Tisha b'Av and Yom Kippur - one may wear leather shoes and wash normally.
(Code of Jewish Law Orach Chaim 550:2)
For more on the fast, click here; for more on the Three Weeks of mourning, click here.
צום קל ומועיל,
Mordechai
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
The 17th of Tammuz
Hi,
Tuesday June 25th is the fast of the 17th day of the month of Tammuz, and it begins a three-week national Jewish mourning period.
On the 17th of Tammuz one neither eats nor drinks, but - unlike the fasts of Tisha b'Av and Yom Kippur - one may wear leather shoes and wash normally.
(Code of Jewish Law Orach Chaim 550:2)
For more on the fast, click here; for more on the Three Weeks of mourning, click here.
צום קל ומועיל,
Mordechai
Tuesday June 25th is the fast of the 17th day of the month of Tammuz, and it begins a three-week national Jewish mourning period.
On the 17th of Tammuz one neither eats nor drinks, but - unlike the fasts of Tisha b'Av and Yom Kippur - one may wear leather shoes and wash normally.
(Code of Jewish Law Orach Chaim 550:2)
For more on the fast, click here; for more on the Three Weeks of mourning, click here.
צום קל ומועיל,
Mordechai
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Why we fast this Sunday
Hello,
The fast day of the 17th of Tammuz, observed on Sunday July 8 this year, commemorates five tragedies:
1. Moses descended from meeting Gd and receiving the Torah on Mount Sinai, saw the Jews celebrating with the Golden Calf, and broke the two tablets Gd had given him.
2. The daily Tamid offering, which had been brought regularly in the Jerusalem Beit haMikdash [Temple] from the time the Jews built the Mishkan for over one thousand years, was halted during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem before the Beit haMikdash was destroyed.
3. The Romans invaded Jerusalem, prior to destroying the second Beit haMikdash. (The Babylonians invaded Jerusalem to destroy the first Temple on the 9th of Tammuz.)
4. A Greek or Roman official named Apostimos held a public burning of the Torah.
5. Idols were set up in the Temple itself; it is not clear what year this happened.
(Mishneh Berurah 549:2)
Be well,
Mordechai
The fast day of the 17th of Tammuz, observed on Sunday July 8 this year, commemorates five tragedies:
1. Moses descended from meeting Gd and receiving the Torah on Mount Sinai, saw the Jews celebrating with the Golden Calf, and broke the two tablets Gd had given him.
2. The daily Tamid offering, which had been brought regularly in the Jerusalem Beit haMikdash [Temple] from the time the Jews built the Mishkan for over one thousand years, was halted during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem before the Beit haMikdash was destroyed.
3. The Romans invaded Jerusalem, prior to destroying the second Beit haMikdash. (The Babylonians invaded Jerusalem to destroy the first Temple on the 9th of Tammuz.)
4. A Greek or Roman official named Apostimos held a public burning of the Torah.
5. Idols were set up in the Temple itself; it is not clear what year this happened.
(Mishneh Berurah 549:2)
Be well,
Mordechai
Thursday, July 5, 2012
This Sunday's fast
Hi,
Sunday July 8th is the fast of "the 17th day of the month of Tammuz", and it begins a three-week national Jewish mourning period.
On this day one neither eats nor drinks, but - unlike the fasts of Tishah b'Av and Yom Kippur - one may wear leather shoes and wash normally.
(Code of Jewish Law Orach Chaim 550:2)
Technically, Shabbat is the 17th of Tammuz. Because we don't fast for sad events on Shabbat, the fast is pushed to Sunday.
For more on the fast, click here; for more on the Three Weeks of mourning, click here.
Be well,
Mordechai
Sunday July 8th is the fast of "the 17th day of the month of Tammuz", and it begins a three-week national Jewish mourning period.
On this day one neither eats nor drinks, but - unlike the fasts of Tishah b'Av and Yom Kippur - one may wear leather shoes and wash normally.
(Code of Jewish Law Orach Chaim 550:2)
Technically, Shabbat is the 17th of Tammuz. Because we don't fast for sad events on Shabbat, the fast is pushed to Sunday.
For more on the fast, click here; for more on the Three Weeks of mourning, click here.
Be well,
Mordechai
Thursday, February 16, 2012
When the 17th of Tammuz is on Shabbat
Hi,
This year, if Mashiach does not arrive, the fast of the 17th of Tammuz will be observed on Sunday the 18th of Tammuz, because the 17th is Shabbat.
In such a circumstance, the laws of the Three Weeks of Mourning begin Motzaei Shabbat (Saturday night), so that one could not shave then, etc., even according to those who permit these practices on the evening of the 17th of Tammuz in a normal year.
(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Orach Chaim 3:100)
Have a good day,
Mordechai
This year, if Mashiach does not arrive, the fast of the 17th of Tammuz will be observed on Sunday the 18th of Tammuz, because the 17th is Shabbat.
In such a circumstance, the laws of the Three Weeks of Mourning begin Motzaei Shabbat (Saturday night), so that one could not shave then, etc., even according to those who permit these practices on the evening of the 17th of Tammuz in a normal year.
(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Orach Chaim 3:100)
Have a good day,
Mordechai
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
The night of the 17th of Tammuz
Hi,
It is not clear whether the night leading into the 17th of Tammuz is part of the day of national mourning [and it's just that the fast rules wait for morning], or not. Therefore, in a case of need one could hold a wedding that evening.
(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Orach Chaim 1:168)
צום קל ומועיל,
Mordechai
It is not clear whether the night leading into the 17th of Tammuz is part of the day of national mourning [and it's just that the fast rules wait for morning], or not. Therefore, in a case of need one could hold a wedding that evening.
(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Orach Chaim 1:168)
צום קל ומועיל,
Mordechai
Monday, July 18, 2011
This Tuesday: 17th of Tammuz
Hi,
Tuesday July 19th is the fast of the 17th day of the month of Tammuz, and it begins a three-week national Jewish mourning period.
On the 17th of Tammuz one neither eats nor drinks, but - unlike the fasts of Tishah b'Av and Yom Kippur - one may wear leather shoes and wash normally.
(Code of Jewish Law Orach Chaim 550:2)
For more on the fast, click here; for more on the Three Weeks of mourning, click here.
Be well,
Mordechai
Tuesday July 19th is the fast of the 17th day of the month of Tammuz, and it begins a three-week national Jewish mourning period.
On the 17th of Tammuz one neither eats nor drinks, but - unlike the fasts of Tishah b'Av and Yom Kippur - one may wear leather shoes and wash normally.
(Code of Jewish Law Orach Chaim 550:2)
For more on the fast, click here; for more on the Three Weeks of mourning, click here.
Be well,
Mordechai
Monday, June 28, 2010
The 17th of Tammuz
Hi,
Tuesday June 28th is the fast of the 17th day of the month of Tammuz, and it begins a three-week national Jewish mourning period.
On the 17th of Tammuz one neither eats nor drinks, but - unlike the fasts of Tisha b'Av and Yom Kippur - one may wear leather shoes and wash normally.
(Code of Jewish Law Orach Chaim 550:2)
For more on the fast, click here; for more on the Three Weeks of mourning, click here.
Be well,
Mordechai
Tuesday June 28th is the fast of the 17th day of the month of Tammuz, and it begins a three-week national Jewish mourning period.
On the 17th of Tammuz one neither eats nor drinks, but - unlike the fasts of Tisha b'Av and Yom Kippur - one may wear leather shoes and wash normally.
(Code of Jewish Law Orach Chaim 550:2)
For more on the fast, click here; for more on the Three Weeks of mourning, click here.
Be well,
Mordechai
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
17th of Tammuz - Beyond fasting
Hi,
This coming Thursday is the fast of the 17th of Tammuz - Shiva Asar b'Tammuz. The fast begins in Allentown at 4:27 AM and ends at 9:17 PM.
One neither eats nor drinks, but - unlike the fasts of Tisha b'Av and Yom Kippur - one may wear leather shoes and wash normally.
(Code of Jewish Law Orach Chaim 550:2)
Have a good day,
Mordechai
This coming Thursday is the fast of the 17th of Tammuz - Shiva Asar b'Tammuz. The fast begins in Allentown at 4:27 AM and ends at 9:17 PM.
One neither eats nor drinks, but - unlike the fasts of Tisha b'Av and Yom Kippur - one may wear leather shoes and wash normally.
(Code of Jewish Law Orach Chaim 550:2)
Have a good day,
Mordechai
Monday, July 6, 2009
The 17th of Tammuz
Hello,
The fast day of the 17th of Tammuz, observed Thursday July 9 this year, commemorates five tragedies:
1. Moses descended from meeting Gd and receiving the Torah on Mount Sinai, saw the Jews celebrating with the Golden Calf, and broke the two tablets Gd had given him.
2. The daily Tamid offering, which had been brought regularly in the Jerusalem Beit haMikdash [Temple] from the time the Jews built the Mishkan for over one thousand years, was halted during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem before the Beit haMikdash was destroyed.
3. The Romans invaded Jerusalem, prior to destroying the second Beit haMikdash. (The Babylonians invaded Jerusalem to destroy the first Temple on the 9th of Tammuz.)
4. A Greek or Roman official named Apostimos held a public burning of the Torah.
5. Idols were set up in the Temple itself; it is not clear what year this happened.
(Mishneh Berurah 549:2)
Be well,
Mordechai
The fast day of the 17th of Tammuz, observed Thursday July 9 this year, commemorates five tragedies:
1. Moses descended from meeting Gd and receiving the Torah on Mount Sinai, saw the Jews celebrating with the Golden Calf, and broke the two tablets Gd had given him.
2. The daily Tamid offering, which had been brought regularly in the Jerusalem Beit haMikdash [Temple] from the time the Jews built the Mishkan for over one thousand years, was halted during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem before the Beit haMikdash was destroyed.
3. The Romans invaded Jerusalem, prior to destroying the second Beit haMikdash. (The Babylonians invaded Jerusalem to destroy the first Temple on the 9th of Tammuz.)
4. A Greek or Roman official named Apostimos held a public burning of the Torah.
5. Idols were set up in the Temple itself; it is not clear what year this happened.
(Mishneh Berurah 549:2)
Be well,
Mordechai
Monday, July 14, 2008
The 17th of Tammuz
Hello,
The fast day of the 17th of Tammuz, observed Sunday July 20 this year, commemorates five tragedies:
1. Moses descended from meeting Gd and receiving the Torah on Mount Sinai, saw the Jews celebrating with the Golden Calf, and broke the two tablets Gd had given him.
2. The daily Tamid offering, which had been brought regularly in the Jerusalem Beit haMikdash [Temple] from the time the Jews built the Mishkan for over one thousand years, was halted during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem before the Beit haMikdash was destroyed.
3. The Romans invaded Jerusalem, prior to destroying the second Beit haMikdash. (The Babylonians invaded Jerusalem to destroy the first Temple on the 9th of Tammuz.)
4. A Greek or Roman official named Apostimos held a public burning of the Torah.
5. Idols were set up in the Temple itself; it is not clear what year this happened.
(Mishneh Berurah 549:2)
Be well,
Mordechai
The fast day of the 17th of Tammuz, observed Sunday July 20 this year, commemorates five tragedies:
1. Moses descended from meeting Gd and receiving the Torah on Mount Sinai, saw the Jews celebrating with the Golden Calf, and broke the two tablets Gd had given him.
2. The daily Tamid offering, which had been brought regularly in the Jerusalem Beit haMikdash [Temple] from the time the Jews built the Mishkan for over one thousand years, was halted during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem before the Beit haMikdash was destroyed.
3. The Romans invaded Jerusalem, prior to destroying the second Beit haMikdash. (The Babylonians invaded Jerusalem to destroy the first Temple on the 9th of Tammuz.)
4. A Greek or Roman official named Apostimos held a public burning of the Torah.
5. Idols were set up in the Temple itself; it is not clear what year this happened.
(Mishneh Berurah 549:2)
Be well,
Mordechai
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
The 17th of Tammuz
Hi,
Sunday July 20th is the fast of the 17th day of the month of Tammuz, and it begins a three-week national Jewish mourning period. [In Allentown the fast begins at 4:36 AM and ends at 9:10 PM.] We'll spend some time discussing this fast, and the three week period of national mourning it initiates.
On the 17th of Tammuz one neither eats nor drinks, but - unlike the fasts of Tisha b'Av and Yom Kippur - one may wear leather shoes and wash normally.
Be well,
Mordechai
Sunday July 20th is the fast of the 17th day of the month of Tammuz, and it begins a three-week national Jewish mourning period. [In Allentown the fast begins at 4:36 AM and ends at 9:10 PM.] We'll spend some time discussing this fast, and the three week period of national mourning it initiates.
On the 17th of Tammuz one neither eats nor drinks, but - unlike the fasts of Tisha b'Av and Yom Kippur - one may wear leather shoes and wash normally.
Be well,
Mordechai
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