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
In the Jewish calendar, today is a fast day.
From The Guardian • 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
"Seventeenth Day of Tamuz"; a fast day commemorating the first breach in the walls of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, who took the Temple itself three weeks later.
From Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life by Frank, Ulrich
