fast day
Example Sentences
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It’s a slow moment in the middle of a fast day, at the start of a whirlwind week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2021
They were mostly religious Jews, some with children in tow, who toured the site under heavy police guard on the Tisha B'Av fast day marking the razing of the temples.
From Reuters ● Jul. 18, 2021
They can make up a missed fast day later, and it’s completely legitimate, he said.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2021
Adams’ 1798 fast day proclamation was a conventional expression of New England political culture.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2017
A fast day preceding Purim, the Feast of Esther.
From Yiddish Tales by Various
