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Shivah Asar Betammuz

[ Sephardic Hebrew shee-vah ah-sahr bi-tah-mooz; Ashkenazic Hebrew shiv-uh aw-suhr bi-tah-mooz, shi-vaw aw-sawr ]

noun

  1. a Jewish fast day observed on the 17th day of Tammuz in memory of the breach of the walls of Jerusalem by the Romans in a.d. 70.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Shivah Asar Betammuz1

From Hebrew shibhʿāh ʿāśār bə tammuz “17th day of Tammuz”

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