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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Shivah Asar Betammuz¹

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