Seventeenth of Tammuz

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[1]
2024 date23 July[1]
2025 date13 July[1]
2026 date2 July[1]
Related toThe fasts of the Tenth of Tevet and Tisha B'Av, the Three Weeks & the Nine Days
Nebuchadnezzar's army burns Jerusalem. (c. 1630–1660)

The Seventeenth of Tammuz (Biblical Hebrew: שִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר בְּתַמּוּז, Modern: Shiv'á Asár beTammúz, Tiberian (SBL): Šib̲ʿāʿāśār bəṯammuz)) is a Jewish fast day commemorating the breach of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple.[2][3] It falls on the 17th day of the fourth Hebrew month of Tammuz and marks the beginning of The Three Weeks, a mourning period leading up to Tisha B'Av.[4]

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.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d "Dates for Tzom Tammuz". Hebcal.com by Danny Sadinoff and Michael J. Radwin (CC-BY-3.0). Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Mishnah Ta'anit 4:6  – via Wikisource.
  3. ^ "Minor Fasts". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  4. ^ "The Three Weeks: Mourning the Destruction". Torah.org. 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2012.