Shivah Asar Betammuz

[ Sephardic Hebrew shee-vahah-sahrbi-tah-mooz; Ashkenazic Hebrew shiv-uh-aw-suhrbi-tah-mooz, shi-vawaw-sawr ]

/ Sephardic Hebrew ʃiˈvɑ ɑˈsɑr bɪˈtɑ muz; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈʃɪv ə ˈɔ sər bɪˈtɑ mʊz, ʃɪˈvɔ ɔˈsɔr /

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noun

a Jewish fast day observed on the 17th day of Tammuz in memory of the breach of the walls of Jerusalem by the Romans in a.d. 70.

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Also Shi·bah A·sar Be·tam·muz .

Origin of Shivah Asar Betammuz

From Hebrew shibhʿāh ʿāśār bə tammuz “17th day of Tammuz”

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