Seventeenth of Tammuz
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The Seventeenth of Tammuz is a Jewish fast day commemorating the breaching of Jerusalem’s walls and other calamities that began the mourning period leading up to Tisha B’Av.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shivah Asar b’Tammuz | 1 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish fast day
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minor fast day in Judaism ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
destruction of the Temple
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national Jewish mourning ⓘ repentance and introspection ⓘ |
| associatedText |
Talmud
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surface form:
Talmud, tractate Ta’anit
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| calendarRelation | 17 Tammuz is 21 days before 9 Av ⓘ |
| category |
Days of mourning in Judaism
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Jewish fast days ⓘ Jewish holidays related to the Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ |
| commemorates |
breach of Jerusalem’s walls
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events leading to the destruction of the Temple ⓘ multiple historical tragedies in Jewish tradition ⓘ |
| dayInHebrewMonth | 17 ⓘ |
| drinkingPermitted | no ⓘ |
| eatingPermitted | no ⓘ |
| endsPeriod | none ⓘ |
| exemptions | the ill, pregnant women, nursing women, and others in many halachic rulings ⓘ |
| fallsInSeason | summer ⓘ |
| fastDuration | from dawn until nightfall ⓘ |
| fastType | sunrise-to-nightfall fast ⓘ |
| Haftarah | Isaiah 55–56 or similar penitential passages in some rites ⓘ |
| halachicStatus | rabbinic fast day ⓘ |
| HebrewName |
Seventeenth of Tammuz
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Shivah Asar b’Tammuz
שבעה עשר בתמוז ⓘ |
| leadsUpTo |
Tisha BAv
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surface form:
Tisha B’Av
|
| linkedToEvent |
beginning of the siege’s final stage before the destruction of the Second Temple
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beginning of the three weeks of mourning ⓘ breach of the walls of Jerusalem ⓘ breaching of Jerusalem’s walls by the Romans ⓘ breaching of Jerusalem’s walls in 70 CE according to rabbinic tradition ⓘ breaching of Jerusalem’s walls in the First Temple period according to some traditions ⓘ other calamities in Jewish history ⓘ |
| liturgicalAdditions |
Selichot
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special Torah reading ⓘ |
| monthInHebrewCalendar | Tammuz ⓘ |
| mourningPracticesBegin |
customary avoidance of music during the Three Weeks
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customary avoidance of weddings during the Three Weeks ⓘ restrictions on celebrations during the Three Weeks ⓘ |
| obligation | binding on healthy adult Jews according to halacha ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Conservative Judaism
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surface form:
Conservative Jews
Jews ⓘ Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
surface form:
Orthodox Jews
religious Jews ⓘ some Reform Jews ⓘ |
| prayerChanges |
Aneinu added in Amidah in many communities
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Selichot recited in morning prayers ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| startsPeriod |
Bein haMetzarim
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surface form:
Bein ha-Metzarim
Three Weeks ⓘ |
| TorahReading | Exodus 32 (sin of the Golden Calf) in many rites ⓘ |
| workPermitted | yes ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Shivah Asar b’Tammuz