A weekly feature of Torah Tidbits to help clarify practical and conceptual aspects of the Jewish Calendar, thereby better fulfilling the mitzva of HaChodesh HaZeh Lachem... Earliest Kiddush L'vana for the 3-day after the Molad opinion was this past Tuesday night. First op and favored by other opinions is this Motza'ei Shabbat, eve of 8 Tevet, Jan. 7. Fast of the Tenth (tenth month,
that is - Tevet), a.k.a. ASARA B'TEVET is Tuesday, 10 Tevet/January. Fast
begins at 5:23am and ends at 5:20pm. This is a dawn to dark fast
commemorating the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonians
that led to the destruction of the first Beit HaMikdash. Tragedies
associated with the 8th and 9th of Tevet are also included in the thoughts
of the 10th - the Targum Shiv'im (forced translation of the Torah into
Greek) and the yahrzeits of Ezra and Nechemia. In our own time, 10 Tevet has
been declared Yom Kaddish K'lali for victims of the Sho'a whose yahrzeits
are unknown. [The
Parshat Vayigash Homepage]
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