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Fast Days
Days of Opportunity
The Jewish calendar contains several fast days, most of them commemorating various landmark events that revolve around the destruction of the Holy Temples. Learn how these days are observed.
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Fast of Gedaliah
Jewish Calendar » Tishrei » Tishrei 3 » Fast of Gedaliah
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The Fast of Gedaliah
The Last Embers of Jewish Sovereignty
From the talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson
“A Day of Divine Goodwill” A fast day is described as “a day of Divine goodwill.”Yeshayahu 58:5; see the explanation in Tanya, Iggeres HaTeshuvah, ch. 2. One reflection of G‑d’s favor is the Torah reading of the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy in the ...
Spirituality » Chassidic Texts » Timeless Patterns in Time » The Fast of Gedaliah
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Gedaliah
By Nissan Mindel
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon had accomplished his purpose. He had completely subdued the Kingdom of Judah, destroyed its capital Jerusalem, and its most sacred shrine, the Holy Temple. He had slain or captured most of the royal family and the nobility ...
Library » Jewish History » Gallery of Our Great » Kings and the Temple Era » Gedaliah
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10 Days of Repentance; Shabbat Shuvah
The 10-day period beginning on Rosh Hashanah and ending on Yom Kippur is known as the "Ten Days of Repentance"; this is the period, say the sages, of which the prophet speaks when he proclaims (Isaiah 55:6) "Seek G-d when He is to be found; call on Him ...
Jewish Calendar » Tishrei » Tishrei 3 » Laws & Customs » 10 Days of Repentance; Shabbat Shuvah
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Ten Days of Repentance
The 10-day period beginning on Rosh Hashahnah and ending on Yom Kippur is known as the "Ten Days of Repentance"; this is the period, say the sages, of which the prophet speaks when he proclaims (Isaiah 55:6) "Seek G-d when He is to be found; call on Him ...
Jewish Calendar » Tishrei » Tishrei 3 » Laws & Customs » Ten Days of Repentance
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Fast of Gedaliah
Mourning the killing of Gedaliah (see "Today in Jewish History"), we abstain from food and drink from dawn to nightfall; selichot prayers are included in the morning prayer.
Jewish Calendar » Tishrei » Tishrei 3 » Laws & Customs » Fast of Gedaliah
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Assassination of Gedaliah
423 BCE
Tishrei 3rd is a fast day mourning the assassination of the Jewish royal Gedaliah ben Achikam, governor of the Land of Israel for a short period following the destruction of the First Temple. Gedaliah's killing spelled the end of the small remnant of a ...
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Laws & Customs
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Jewish History
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