articles on The 17th of Tamuz
Introspection on the 17 of Tammuz
Perhaps it would be better during times of joy, to reflect, and to ask ourselves what we are so happy about.
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.
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?
The Fast of 17th of Tamuz - Why?
What happened on the seventeenth of Tammuz, and why are these events so tragic?
Lessons on The 17th of Tamuz
The Tablets Were Broken
Rabbi Haggai Lundin | 17 Tammuz 5784
What's Fasting Got to Do With It?
A day of fasting in the Jewish calendar – such as this Sunday's Fast of Tammuz – is not one of dieting, but rather a day of introspection and teshuva (contrition and remorse). We are not fasting for something far-removed from ourselves, but rather for our situation this very day.
Rabbi Yaakov Ariel | Tammuz 16 5782
Sad to Die in the Middle of Tamuz?
At first glance, it seems that the purpose of the month of Tamuz is to make us depressed. How should we relate too this month?
Rabbi Haggai Lundin
3. Shiva Asar Be-Tamuz
Chapter 6: The Four Fasts Commemorating the Destruction of the Temple
The Sages state in the Mishna: Five tragic events befell our forefathers on the seventeenth of Tamuz.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 12 5782
Book Burning and the 17th of Tammuz
A hallmark of all repressive regimes is burning books. One of the tragedies that we mourn on the 17th of Tammuz is the burning of the Torah - the ultimate repression of the ultimate book.
Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair | Tammuz 15 5781
What Do We Lack With No Temple?
Translated by Hillel Fendel
Our prayers place a special emphasis on the Beit HaMikdash and our anticipation of its rebuilding. Why is it that only regarding the rebuilding of the Beit HaMikdash do we ask that it happen speedily?
Rabbi Elad Brand | Tammuz 10 5781
Mourning the Destruction Today
The Seventeenth of Tammuz was supposed to be the day on which the Tablets of the Covenant were received and given to Israel, and the Ninth of Av was the day when the Spies would to return from the Land of Israel and proclaim, “The land is very good!”
Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | Sivan 5768
