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Tenth of Tevet , in Hebrew asarah b'tevet , the tenth day of the Hebrew calendar month of Tevet , a minor fast day in Judaism . It usually occurs early in January . From dawn to dusk there is no food or drink, to mourn for the time ancient Babylonia laid siege to ancient Jerusalem marking the beginning of the end, and eventual destruction, of the First Temple of the southern Jewish Kingdom of Judah .1
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Tenth of Tevet ( , Asarah BeTevet ), the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tevet , is a minor- but very important fast day in Judaism .It is a "low fast" observed from sunrise to sunset.The day has no relationship to Hanukkah , but it happens to follow that festival by a week.Whether the 10th of Tevet falls 7 or 8 days after Hanukkah depends on whether the preceding month of Kislev has 29 or 30 days in the relevant year.In modern times, 10 Tevet is one of the days of remembrance for victims of the Holocaust (the main national remembrance day being Yom HaShoah ).Historically, the fast commemorates the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia - an event that began on that date and ultimately culminated in the destruction of Solomon's Temple (the First Temple) and the conquest of the Judah (nowadays: southern Israel).
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Tenth of Tevet ( , Asarah BeTevet ), the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tevet , is a fast day in Judaism . It is one of the minor fasts observed from before dawn to nightfall. The fasting commemorates the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia —an event that began on that date and ultimately culminated in the destruction of Solomon's Temple (the First Temple) and the conquest of the Kingdom of Judah (today southern Israel). The day has no relationship to Chanukka , but it happens to follow that festival by a week.Whether the 10th of Tevet falls 7 or 8 days after Chanukka depends on whether the preceding Hebrew month of Kislev has 29 or 30 days in the relevant year.
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A fast day in Judaism Tenth of Tevet ( , Asarah BeTevet ), the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tevet , is a fast day in Judaism . It is one of the minor fasts observed from before dawn to nightfall. The fasting is in mourning of the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia —an event that began on that date and ultimately culminated in the destruction of Solomon's Temple (the First Temple) and the conquest of the Kingdom of Judah (today Jerusalem and the southern West Bank).The day has no relationship to Hanukkah , but it happens to follow that festival by a week. Whether the 10th of Tevet falls 7 or 8 days after Hanukkah depends on whether the preceding Hebrew month of Kislev has 29 or 30 days in the relevant year. There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).
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Fast day in Judaism Tenth of Tevet ( , Asarah BeTevet ), the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tevet , is a fast day in Judaism . It is one of the minor fasts observed from before dawn to nightfall. The fasting is in mourning of the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia —an event that began on that date and ultimately culminated in the destruction of Solomon's Temple (the First Temple), downfall of the Kingdom of Judah , and the Babylonian exile of the Jewish people.The fast day is not related to Hanukkah but happens to follow that festival by a week.Whether the 10th of Tevet occurs 7 or 8 days after the last day of Hanukkah depends on whether the preceding Hebrew month of Kislev has 29 or 30 days in the relevant year. There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).
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Fast day in Judaism Tenth of Tevet ( Hebrew : י' טבת ), or Asarah BeTevet ( Hebrew : עשרה בטבת ), the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tevet , is a fast day in Judaism .It is one of the minor fasts observed even in erev Shabbat from before dawn to nightfall, while other fast days are then postponed after Shabbat.The fast mourns the 587 BCE siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia —an event that began on that date and ultimately culminated in the destruction of Solomon's Temple (i.e., the First Temple), the downfall of the Kingdom of Judah , and the Babylonian exile of the Judeans . The fast day is not related to Hanukkah but happens to follow that festival by a week. Whether the 10th of Tevet occurs seven or eight days after the last day of Hanukkah depends on whether the preceding Hebrew month of Kislev has 29 or 30 days in the given Hebrew year. There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).
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