Shivah Asar Betammuz

[ Sephardic Hebrew shee-vahah-sahrbi-tah-mooz; Ashkenazic Hebrew shiv-uh-aw-suhrbi-tah-mooz, shi-vawaw-sawr ]

noun
  1. a Jewish fast day observed on the 17th day of Tammuz in memory of the breach of the walls of Jerusalem by the Romans in a.d. 70.

Origin of Shivah Asar Betammuz

1
From Hebrew shibhʿāh ʿāśār bə tammuz “17th day of Tammuz”
  • Also Shi·bah A·sar Be·tam·muz .

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