I don’t recommend fasting on New Year’s Day. Starvation is not the best cure for a hangover. But the Jewish calendar isn’t known for convenience, and this year, the Fast of the Tenth of Tevet — Tzom ...

Question: Is there any significance to the fact that the fast of the Tenth of Tevet (Asara B’Tevet) almost immediately follows Chanukah and that it is the shortest of all the fast days? Does this ...

The 10th of the month of Tevet has been a day of fasting for Jews for more than 2,500 years. The mention of the tragedy of this day goes farther back than any other Jewish fast, with the exception of ...

(RNS) — As I was devouring my bagel at breakfast this morning. I stopped midgulp. The pangs of unspeakable guilt assaulted me. Today is a Jewish fast day. It is the Tenth of Tevet, and it is a minor ...

The Tenth of Tevet is not just a fast day mourning the destruction of the temple but a day to mourn those for whom the date of death is unknown. (JTA) — Today is an unusual day on the Jewish calendar, ...