HyperDic: fast_of_tevet

English > 1 sense of the expression Fast of Tevet:
NOUNtimeFast of Tevet(Judaism) a minor fast day on Tevet 10 commemorates the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem and has also been proclaimed a memorial day for the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust
English > Fast of Tevet: 1 sense > noun 1, time
Meaning(Judaism) a minor fast day on Tevet 10 commemorates the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem and has also been proclaimed a memorial day for the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust.
CategoryJudaismThe monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud
Broaderminor fast dayOne of five minor fast days on the Jewish calendar

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