Judaism, Lessons, Times

The Minor Fasts and Their Laws

Did Jews fast over the destruction of the First Temple when the Second Temple stood? Must pregnant and nursing women abstain from eating and drinking on minor fasts? Rabbi Eliezer Melamed addresses these and other important questions.

Fast of 17th of Tammuz 5785 13.07.2025 – Start and End Times

Start and End Times for the Fast of the 17th of Tammuz, 5785, 13.07.2025, Across the World

Introspection on the Seventeenth of Tammuz

Fast days are occasion for introspection and repentance. After all, we are not fasting over the distant, unrelated past; we are fasting in response to our own present situation. How is it that instead of mourning we remain complacent and indifferent?

The Weak Point of the Seventeenth of Tammuz

There is a tendency, on fast days, for people to concentrate upon the calamities of the past and on the stages that led up to the destruction of the Temple. People reflect on the distant past when they aught - says the Rambam - consider the present.

The Breaking of the Tablets on the Seventeenth of Tammuz

The Tree of Knowledge contained a mixture of elements - both good and evil. This, then, was Adam's sin: He ate from the tree, and this caused existence to fall to a level whereupon there existed a mixture of both good and evil.

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Daily Times in Jerusalem

21 Tammuz 5785 | 17/7/2025

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5:46 Sunrise
8:39 Kriyat Shma MGA
9:15 Kriyat Shma GRA
12:45 Chatzot (Midday)
19:50 Sunset
20:12 Tzet Hakochavim

Shabbat Pinchas

23 Tammuz 5785

Shabbat Times | Parashat Hashavua

19:09 Candle lighting
20:25 End of Shabbat
21:02 Rabeinu Tam

Tisha B'Av

Saturday , 8 Menachem Av 5785

Tisha B'Av

19:39 Fast begins
20:03 Fast ends

Interesting articles

a day of great promise that unfortunately was never realized

Would you kindly tell me what wonderful and good thing happened on the 17th of Tammuz in our history?

Selichot before Shachrit

Is one permitted to say the Selichot of a fast day before Shacharit? As the 17th of Tammus here in Australia is winter and Shacharit starts late in the morning so to save time, it would be great to say selichot before Shacharit.

Flying West on a fast day

"If a person travels from one location to another during a fast day, is he governed by the halachic timeframes (e.g., sunset, nightfall) of the place where he began the fast, or those of the place where he finds himself at the time of conclusion? And what if he has already broken the fast?"

Who is God & how can I connect with Him?

Who is God and where can I find him to feel a connection?

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hanukkah or chanukah

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman

Question

hanukkah or chanukah? how to spell?

Answer

ב"ה Shalom חנוכה is not an English word, therefore people spell it phonetically. Since there is no sound like the Hebrew letter ח in the English language, proper English spelling should leave Hanukka with the letter H. However, it has become somewhat accepted among Jews that people use the letters CH in place of the Hebrew ח and therefore some people spell it as Chanuka. So the coice of how to spell it is yours. All the best

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