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Fast of Tammuz
(redirected from Seventeenth of Tammuz)

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Noun1.Fast of Tammuz - (Judaism) a minor fast day on Tammuz 17 when the walls of Jerusalem were breached
Judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud
minor fast day - one of five minor fast days on the Jewish calendar


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As the centuries wore on, the number of prohibitions slowly expanded to include eating meat and drinking wine, and the period of mourning was expanded by many to the three weeks between the Seventeenth of Tammuz and the Ninth of Av.
 
 
 
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