| Seventeenth of Tammuz | |
|---|---|
| Official name | Hebrew: שבעה עשר בתמוז |
| Type | Jewish religious and national |
| Significance | Date when the walls of Jerusalem were breached |
| Observances | Fasting, prayer |
| Date | 17th day of Tammuz |
| 2023 date | 6 July[1] |
| 2024 date | 23 July[1] |
| 2025 date | 13 July[1] |
| 2026 date | 2 July[1] |
| Related to | The fasts of the Tenth of Tevet and Tisha B'Av, the Three Weeks & the Nine Days |
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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b – via Wikisource.
- ^ "Minor Fasts". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ "The Three Weeks: Mourning the Destruction". Torah.org. 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2012.