Fast of the Tenth of Tevet

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Jewish fast day minor fast day in Judaism

The Fast of the Tenth of Tevet is a minor Jewish fast day commemorating the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem, observed with dawn-to-nightfall fasting and special prayers.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Tenth of Tevet	2
Fast of Tevet 10	1
Fast of the Siege of Jerusalem	1
Fast of the Tenth of Tevet canonical	1
Tzom Asara b’Tevet	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish fast day ⓘ minor fast day in Judaism ⓘ
alsoCalled	Asarah b’Tevet fast ⓘ
associatedEmpire	Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
associatedKing	Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ
biblicalSource	Book of Ezekiel ⓘ Ezekiel 24:1–2 ⓘ
calendar	Hebrew calendar ⓘ
category	Public fasts in Judaism ⓘ
commemorates	Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE) ⓘ surface form: Babylonian siege of Jerusalem beginning of Nebuchadnezzar II’s siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
countryOfPractice	Canada ⓘ France ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countryOfPrimaryPractice	Israel ⓘ
eatingAndDrinking	forbidden from dawn until nightfall ⓘ
fastDuration	dawn to nightfall ⓘ
fastingExemptions	nursing women in many halachic opinions ⓘ pregnant women in many halachic opinions ⓘ the ill ⓘ
fastType	daytime fast ⓘ
fixedDate	fixed date on Hebrew calendar ⓘ
GregorianVariability	varies in Gregorian calendar ⓘ
halachicStatus	minor fast ⓘ
HebrewName	Tevet ⓘ surface form: Asara beTevet Tevet ⓘ surface form: עשרה בטבת
languageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
leatherShoes	permitted ⓘ
liturgicalAdditions	Aneinu ⓘ Avinu Malkeinu ⓘ Selichot ⓘ special Haftarah ⓘ special Torah reading ⓘ
maritalRelations	permitted ⓘ
modernIsraeliAssociation	general Kaddish day for Holocaust victims with unknown date of death ⓘ
mourningPractices	not observed as on Tisha B’Av ⓘ
observedBy	Conservative Judaism ⓘ surface form: Conservative Jews Orthodox Judaism ⓘ surface form: Orthodox Jews religious Jews ⓘ some Reform Jews ⓘ
observedOn	tenth day of Tevet ⓘ
occursInSeason	winter ⓘ
prayerService	Mincha ⓘ Selichot service ⓘ Shacharit ⓘ
relatedTo	Fast of Gedaliah ⓘ Seventeenth of Tammuz ⓘ Tisha BAv ⓘ surface form: Tisha B’Av destruction of the First Temple ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
washingRestrictions	generally permitted ⓘ
workRestrictions	no special work restrictions beyond ordinary weekdays ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Tevet → contains → Fast of the Tenth of Tevet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tzom Asara b’Tevet

Tevet → contains → Fast of the Tenth of Tevet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fast of Tevet 10

Tevet → contains → Fast of the Tenth of Tevet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fast of the Siege of Jerusalem

Fast of Gedaliah → relatedTo → Fast of the Tenth of Tevet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tenth of Tevet

Shevat → occursAfterFast → Fast of the Tenth of Tevet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tenth of Tevet