When is 10 tevet

On the ninth of the month famine was intense in the city, the people had no bread, and the city was breached. We see then, that the tenth of Tevet — on which the siege of Yerushalayim began, was the beginning of the whole chain of calamities which finally ended with the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash. Their aim is rather to awaken the hearts towards repentance; to recall to us, both the evil deeds of our fathers, and our own evil deeds, which caused anguish to befall both them and us and thereby to cause us to return towards the good.

We see hence that the purpose of fasting is repentance. And the city came under siege till the eleventh year of King Tzidkiyahu. On the ninth of the month [of Av] famine was intense in the city, the people had no bread, and the city was breached. Home » Jewish Holidays » Tenth of Tevet. The Tenth of Tevet Asara B'Tevet is a fast day which commemorates the beginning of the seige of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar's armies, which eventually led to the First Temple's destruction and the Babylonian Exile.

A number of other tragedies occurred in Jewish history on nearby dates. The Tenth of Tevet will next be observed on December 14, , from dawn until nightfall. Saddam Hussein saw himself as the reincarnation of Nebuchadnezzar. And he suffered the same ignoble fate. The Tenth of Tevet is considered a " minor fast " and orthodox Jews refrain from eating or drinking from sunrise to sunset on the day of fasting. In Israel , the Tenth of Tevet has also come to be marked as a memorial day for the 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust.

The kaddish Prayer for the deceased is recited on this day for people whose date or place of death during the Holocaust is unknown and that is how the date has gotten the unofficial Hebrew moniker, Yom Ha-kaddish ha-kleli, literally translated as The General Kaddish Day. And the city came under siege till the eleventh year of King Tzidkiyahu. Their aim is rather to awaken the hearts towards repentance; to recall to us, both the evil deeds of our fathers, and our own evil deeds, which caused anguish to befall both them and us and thereby to cause us to return towards the good.

Rambam Hilchot Ta'anit Chapter 5.