Yeshivish glossary term
Shiva Asar b'Tammuz
שבעה עשר בתמוז
Meaning
- Fast of the Seventeenth of Tammuz
Alternate spellings
Shivah Asar bTammuz, 17 Tammuz
Usage and context
A public fast commemorating calamities connected with the destruction of Jerusalem.
- Category
- fast day
- Language origin
- Hebrew
Example in Yeshivish
Shiva Asar b'Tammuz begins the Three Weeks.
Plain-English example
The Fast of the Seventeenth of Tammuz begins the Three Weeks mourning period.