Beit Midrash Shabbat and Holidays The Tenth of Tevet

Articles on the 10th of Tevet

Tevet 5768 | Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
Special Days of Teves
Why do we fast on the 10th of Tevet? What is forbidden on the fast day? What can we still do?
Articles on the 10th of Tevet Various Subjects
Rabbi Uzi Kalchaim zt"l
Tevet and the Seasons of the Year
Equinoctial periods, because of their balanced nature, are fit to bear sanctity. Therefore, these periods contain most of Israel's Festivals. However, there are other times of year less sympathetic to Israel - periods marked by poles in cold or heat.
Articles on the 10th of Tevet
5765 | Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu Zt"l
The Laws of Fast Days
One should not use fast days for leisure or for field trips. One should even refrain from performing permissible acts such as showering or cutting one's hair. If a person spends the fast indifferently, he has not properly fulfilled his obligation.
Articles on the 10th of Tevet
5765 | Rabbi Gideon Weitzman
Three Days of Torment
Articles on the 10th of Tevet
5764 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
The Tenth of Tevet - A Compendium of Laws
After the destruction of the First Temple, the Prophets and the Sages of Israel legislated fasting on the Tenth of Tevet, for it was on that day that Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon, and his legions placed Jerusalem under siege.
Articles on the 10th of Tevet
Tevet, 5761 | Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed
The Tenth of Tevet
In the past few years, nations have come upon us and demanded that we relinquish portions of the Land of Israel to strangers. This is one of the calamities concerning which we are supposed to fast and cry out to God about.
Articles on the 10th of Tevet Coping with Difficulties
tamuz 5761 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
The Four Fasts of the Destruction
After the First Temple was destroyed, the Prophets instituted fasts marking the tragic events surrounding the Destruction and the ensuing exile of the Jewish People. This step was taken in order to prompt the nation to grieve and mourn over the Destruction and Exile.
Articles on the 10th of Tevet The Three weeks

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