Dec 18, 2015 · The 10th of Tevet (known as Asarah B'Tevet) is observed as a day of fasting, mourning and repentance. We refrain from food and drink from daybreak to nightfall, and add Selichot (penitential prayers) and other special supplements to our prayers.

What is Asarah B’Tevet This fast day commemorates the start of the siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar, which eventually led to the destruction of the First Temple. When is Asarah B’Tevet

On Asarah B'Tevet, the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tevet, in the year 3336 from Creation (425 BCE), the armies of the Babylonian emperor Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem. Asarah B'Tevet is observed as a day of fasting, mourning and repentance.

Tenth of Tevet (Hebrew: י' טבת), or Asarah BeTevet (Hebrew: עשרה בטבת), the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tevet, is a fast day in Judaism. It is one of the minor fasts observed even in erev Shabbat from before dawn to nightfall, while other …

Asarah B'Tevet In the State of Israel, Kaddish (the Jewish prayer for the deceased) is recited on this day for people whose date or place of death is unknown. Consequently, many rabbis have designated it as a day of remembrance for the Holocaust.

The Tenth of Tevet (Heb, Asara b'Tevet) marks the day on which the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem began in the year 588 BCE, an event which eventually led to the destruction on the Temple in 586 BCE and the first exile from Israel.

Tenth of Tevet (Hebrew: עשרה בטבת, Asarah BeTevet), the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tevet, is a minor fast day in Judaism. The fast commemorates the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia.

Asarah B'Tevet (the Tenth of Tevet) is a minor fast day (i.e., observed from sunrise to sunset) that marks the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon (in 587 BC) and the beginning of the battle that ultimately would destroy the Temple and send the Jews into the 70-year Babylonian Exile.

If a cold and dark world mutes the light of G‑d and dulls our minds and hearts, it only accentuates the most basic and essential element of our relationship: the bond between the physical self of man and the quintessential being of G‑d. All events, …

Asarah B’Tevet, also known as the Tenth of Tevet, is a day that is observed with fasting, repentance, and mourning. It occurs on the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tevet, and it is one of the minor fasts that is observed from before dawn and continuing until nightfall.