| NOUN | time | minor fast day | one of five minor fast days on the Jewish calendar |
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| Meaning | One of five minor fast days on the Jewish calendar. | |
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| Narrower | Fast of Esther | (Judaism) a minor fast day on Adar 13 commemorates three days that Esther fasted before approaching the Persian king on behalf of the Jewish people |
| Fast of Gedaliah | (Judaism) a minor fast day on Tishri 3 that commemorates the killing of the Jewish governor of Judah | |
| Fast of Tammuz | (Judaism) a minor fast day on Tammuz 17 when the walls of Jerusalem were breached | |
| Fast 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 | |
| Fast of the Firstborn | (Judaism) a minor fast day on Nissan 14 that is observed only by firstborn males | |
| Broader | fast day | A day designated for fasting |
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