Tammuz

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Tammuz is the fourth month of the Hebrew religious calendar, traditionally falling in early summer and associated with historical fasts and mourning in Jewish tradition.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Seventeenth of Tammuz 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew calendar month
Jewish fast day
month of the Hebrew calendar
associatedEmotion mourning
sorrow for the Temple
associatedWith Jewish fasts
Jewish mourning practices
Three Weeks
beginning of the Three Weeks
breach of the walls of Jerusalem
destruction of the First Temple
destruction of the Second Temple
calendarEra Anno Mundi
surface form: Anno Mundi system
calendarSystem Hebrew calendar
calendarType lunisolar
contains Tammuz self-linksurface differs
surface form: Seventeenth of Tammuz
culturalContext Hebrew calendar
surface form: Jewish calendar
follows Sivan
halachicStatus regular month with fast day
hasTheme preparation for Tisha B’Av
reflection on national tragedies
HebrewName תמוז
languageOfName Hebrew
length 29 days
majorFastDay Seventeenth of Tammuz
mourningPeriodBegins Seventeenth of Tammuz
namedAfter Mesopotamian deity Tammuz
observance fast from dawn to nightfall on 17 Tammuz
occursAfterFestival Shavuot
partOf Hebrew lunar-solar year
positionInCalendar fourth month of the Hebrew religious year
tenth month of the Hebrew civil year
precedes Av
religiousLawSource rabbinic tradition
religiousSignificance period of calamities in Jewish history
religiousTradition Judaism
season summer
timeframeRelativeToPassover three months after Nisan
timeframeRelativeToRoshHashanah two months before Elul
typicalGregorianPeriod June–July
usedFor dating Jewish documents
setting liturgical readings
usedIn Hebrew calendar
surface form: Jewish liturgical calendar

Jewish religious observance

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tammuz contains Tammuz self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Seventeenth of Tammuz
Av follows Tammuz
Hebrew calendar hasMonth Tammuz
Three Weeks monthIncludes Tammuz
Sivan precedes Tammuz