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.

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.