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Is July 16 2022 Part Of A Jewish Celebration?

The following is a collection of holidays, commemorations, observations and celebrations for the Jewish community during Saturday, 2022-07-16. For more information on the equivalence of dates in the Hebrew calendar and other calendars, please see Hebrew Calendar 5782.

  • Seventeenth of Tammuz:

    [minorfast][judaism] The Seventeenth of Tammuz is a Jewish fast day commemorating the breach of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple. It falls on the 17th day of the Hebrew month of Tammuz and marks the beginning of the three-week mourning period leading up to Tisha B'Av. This day also commemorates the destruction of the Twin Tablets of the Ten Commandments. The Seventeenth of Tammuz occurs forty days after the Jewish holiday of Shavuot.

Notes:

[minorfast] A minor fast is observed from before dawn to nightfall.

[judaism] In Judaism, this day begins at sundown on the evening before.

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