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Tenth of Tevet - Definition and Overview

Tenth of Tevet, in Hebrew asarah b'tevet, the tenth day of the Hebrew calendar month of Tevet, a minor fast day in Judaism. It usually occurs early in January. From dawn to dusk there is no food or drink, to mourn for the time ancient Babylonia laid siege to ancient Jerusalem marking the beginning of the end, and eventual destruction, of the First Temple of the southern Jewish Kingdom of Judah.

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Jewish holidays
Shabbat | Rosh Hashanah | Fast of Gedalia | Yom Kippur | Sukkot, Hoshanah rabbah and Shmini Atzeret | Simchat Torah | Chanukah | Tenth of Tevet | Tu Bishvat | Fast of Esther &  Purim | Passover & Seder | Counting of the Omer & Lag B'Omer | Shavuot | 17th of Tammuz & The Nine Days | Tisha B'Av | Tu B'Av
National holidays of Israel
Yom HaShoah | Yom HaZikaron | Yom Ha'atzma'ut | Yom Yerushalayim
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