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.
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
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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.
this entity surface form:
Seventeenth of Tammuz