Fast of Tevet

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Noun1.Fast of Tevet - (Judaism) a minor fast day on Tevet 10 commemorates the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem and has also been proclaimed a memorial day for the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust
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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"On the Tenth of Tevet we will remember the millions we lost in the Holocaust," my third-grade teacher told us, her voice low and grave.
The Holocaust History My Family Never Learned
Police say Yehuda Etzion lifted up the palms of his hands in an act of surreptitious prayer during the visit, which took place to mark the Fast of the Tenth of Tevet. Non-Muslims are forbidden from praying at the site due to Muslim threats of violence, and Jews in particular are closely monitored by police and members of the Waqf Islamic trust which administers the site, to ensure they do not do so.
Temple Mount: Police Arrest Jew For Lifting Up His Hands
The rabbinate in Israel has ruled the fast day of the Tenth of Tevet as a day on which Jews commemorate the Yortsayt of relatives, victims of the Holocaust, whose date of death is unknown, with prayer and study.
Toward a new understanding of a covenant: the religious significance of Yom Ha'Shoah
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