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magidToday is the longest (in the northern hemisphere) minor fast (dawn-dusk, which this year is 3:27 A.M. to 8:48 P.M. Cambridge-local) in the Jewish calendar, commemorating when the Romans breached the walls of Jerusalem (and some other things). It's harder than the others for me, because there's that whole dinnertime to make it through, and it's so humid that it's hard to remember not to drink.
17 Tammuz begins the three-week mourning period leading up to 9 Av, the major (dusk-dusk) fast commemorating the destruction of both Temples, as well as a lot of other horrible things that have happened to Jews since then (pogroms, the Expulsion from Spain, etc.). The mourning restrictions intensify for the first days of Av, culminating in the major fast on the ninth (which not only includes the prohibition of eating and drinking, but also of wearing leather shoes, washing (other than hands), and sex, plus other mourning customs). If one is Sefardi, many of the things that Ashkenazim do for the nine days are only strictures for the week in which 9 Av lands (starting motza'i Shabbat, Saturday evening, until the day itself, which this year is a Thursday, being three weeks from today).
Unrelated, but of Jewish interest: Edah is closing, having decided that their goals are met enough not to spend resources on keeping it going. Not something you hear very much.
17 Tammuz begins the three-week mourning period leading up to 9 Av, the major (dusk-dusk) fast commemorating the destruction of both Temples, as well as a lot of other horrible things that have happened to Jews since then (pogroms, the Expulsion from Spain, etc.). The mourning restrictions intensify for the first days of Av, culminating in the major fast on the ninth (which not only includes the prohibition of eating and drinking, but also of wearing leather shoes, washing (other than hands), and sex, plus other mourning customs). If one is Sefardi, many of the things that Ashkenazim do for the nine days are only strictures for the week in which 9 Av lands (starting motza'i Shabbat, Saturday evening, until the day itself, which this year is a Thursday, being three weeks from today).
Unrelated, but of Jewish interest: Edah is closing, having decided that their goals are met enough not to spend resources on keeping it going. Not something you hear very much.
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Date: 2006-07-13 02:06 pm (UTC)