Seventeenth of Tammuz
| Seventeenth of Tammuz | |
|---|---|
| Official name | Hebrew: שבעה עשר בתמוז |
| Type | Jewish religious and national |
| Significance | Date when the walls of Jerusalem were breached |
| Observances | Fasting, prayer |
| Date | 17th day of Tammuz |
| 2024 date | 23 July |
| 2025 date | 13 July |
| 2026 date | 2 July |
| 2027 date | 22 July |
| Related to | The fasts of the Tenth of Tevet and Tisha B'Av, the Three Weeks & the Nine Days |
The Seventeenth of Tammuz (Biblical Hebrew: שִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר בְּתַמּוּז, Modern: Shiv'á Asár beTammúz, Tiberian (SBL): Šib̲ʿāʿāśār bəṯammuz)) 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 fourth Hebrew month of Tammuz and marks the beginning of The Three Weeks, a mourning period leading up to Tisha B'Av.
The day also traditionally commemorates the destruction of the two tablets of the Ten Commandments and other historical calamities that befell the Jewish people on the same date.