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Tammuz, fast of
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Tammuz, fast of (17 Tammuz). A Jewish fast day (see
FESTIVALS AND FASTS). The fast of Tammuz commemorates the breaching of the walls of
Jerusalem by the Babylonian Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BCE, and the Roman Titus in 70 CE.
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The many tragedies of Tammuz
Newspaper article from: Cleveland Jewish News; 7/9/2004; ; 635 words
; ...calendar started with the fast of the 17th of Tammuz on July 6 and culminates with the fast...this period. The fast of the 17th of Tammuz commemorates the breaching of the walls...Mishnah as having occurred on the 17th of Tammuz: The tablets of the law were broken by...
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Mending the breach of the 17th of Tammuz
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 7/16/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Headline: Mending the breach of the 17th of Tammuz Byline: MICHAEL FREUND Edition; Daily...is the 17th day of the Hebrew month of Tammuz, one of the least known yet most pertinent...Ta'anit 28b), it was on the 17th of Tammuz that the walls around Jerusalem were first...
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In Record Time; 'In the Middle of Tammuz, I Shall Die'
Newspaper article from: Jewish Exponent; 9/2/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...at age 74 on a Shabbat morning in the month of Tammuz, has been deeply felt by Jews throughout the world...Naomi Shemer wrote a song titled "Emtza Ha-Tammuz/`In the Middle of Tammuz.'" She declared, "It is sad to die in the...
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Poliker sweeps up Tammuz nominations
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 1/6/2002; ; 545 words
; ...00-0000 Headline: Poliker sweeps up Tammuz nominations Byline: DANY ZACK Edition...the pack of nominees at this year's Tammuz Awards, the Israeli music industry awards...Association), withdrew their support from the Tammuz committee, claiming they were under represented...
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A male-dominated Tammuz awards
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 12/6/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...06-2000 Headline: A male-dominated Tammuz awards Byline: BARRY DAVIS Edition...Considering this is only the second time the Tammuz Awards have been held the "traditional...industry survive to celebrate a second Tammuz Awards ceremony. But happily, survive...
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Groups organize political fast to coincide with Fast of Tammuz
News Wire article from: Jewish Telegraphic Agency; 7/19/2000; ; 483 words
; ...2000 Groups organize political fast to coincide with Fast of Tammuz By Sharon Samber WASHINGTON, July 18 (JTA) -- Several small...corresponds with the Jewish holiday of the Fast of the 17th Day of Tammuz, which commemorates when the Babylonians breached the walls...
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Fast of Tammuz observed Sunday
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 7/14/1995; ; 222 words
; Jerusalem Post Staff Jerusalem Post 07-14-1995 THE fast of the 17th of Tammuz, a day-long fast marking the beginning of the three-week period of semi-mourning that culminates on Tisha be'av, will...
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THE DESCENT OF ISHTAR INTO THE UNDERWORLD.(mythology of ancient Babylon)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 11/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Ishtar is freed when her husband, the god Tammuz is sent in exchange for her. In others, Tammuz is already in the underworld and Ishtar goes...and summer. During the fall and winter, Tammuz must return to the underworld. In yet another...
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Mourning the destruction...
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 7/6/2001; ; 657 words
; ...Sunday marks the fast day of the 17th of Tammuz, one of the four biblical fast days on...ninth of Av. The fast day of the 17th of Tammuz begins the period of time known as the...centuries of Jewish exile. But the 17th of Tammuz has an older history to it than that of...
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Three Weeks: saddest period in the Jewish calendar
Newspaper article from: Cleveland Jewish News; 7/18/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...prior to the first of Av, the fast of Shev'ah-asar b-Tammuz, the 17th day of the month of Tammuz, is observed. Five misfortunes took place in Jewish history on the 17th of Tammuz: 1. That was the day when the Romans, in 70 C.E...
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Tammuz, fast of
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Tammuz, fast of (17 Tammuz). A Jewish fast day (see FESTIVALS AND FASTS ). The fast of Tammuz commemorates the breaching of the walls of Jerusalem by the Babylonian Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BCE, and the Roman Titus in 70 CE.
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Tammuz
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
Tammuz A Mesopotamian deity of the underworld, sometimes...in Israel, as when Ezekiel saw women weeping for Tammuz in the Temple (Ezek. 8: 14). However, this interpretation of Tammuz is speculative; the women may well have been engaged...
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Seventeenth of Tammuz
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Seventeenth of Tammuz (Jewish fast day): see TAMMUZ, FAST OF .
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Tammuz/Dumuzi
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Tammuz/Dumuzi (deities associated with death and the return of life): see DYING AND RISING GODS .
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Balit, Christina 1961-
Book article from: Something About the Author
...and commendation, 1997, for Ishtar and Tammuz. Writings (And illustrator) An Arabian...1995. Christopher J. Moore, Ishtar and Tammuz: A Babylonian Myth of the Seasons, Kingfisher...In Christopher J. Moore's Ishtar and Tammuz: A Babylonian Myth of the Seasons, Balit...
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