Seventeenth of Tammuz

The Seventeenth of Tammuz (Hebrew: שבעה עשר בתמוז, romanized: Shivah Asar b'Tammuz) is a Jewish fast day commemorating the breach of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple. It falls on the 17th day of the 4th Hebrew month of Tammuz and marks the beginning of the three-week mourning period leading up to Tisha B'Av.

Seventeenth of Tammuz
Official nameHebrew: שבעה עשר בתמוז
TypeJewish religious and national
SignificanceDate when the walls of Jerusalem were breached
ObservancesFasting, prayer
Date17th day of Tammuz
2023 date6 July
2024 date23 July
2025 date13 July
2026 date2 July
Related toThe fasts of the Tenth of Tevet and Tisha B'Av, the Three Weeks & the Nine Days

The day also traditionally commemorates the destruction of the two tablets of the Ten Commandments and other historical calamities that befell the Jewish people on the same date.

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