The Tenth Of Tevet

What is the fast about? The Prophets and Sages instituted it after the destruction of the First Holy Temple, for on this date the Babylonian King Nevuchadnetzar and his armies began a siege upon the holy city.

One day commemorates a variety of Jewish tragedies.

Rav Tzvi Yehuda Kook, saw the terrible destruction of the Shoah in the context of construction of the Redemption. While the Exile was being destroyed, the Nation of Israel is being built up in its homeland.

The destruction of the second Temple is considered more severe than that of the first. So why do we commemorate the Tenth of Tevet which relates to the First Temple?

I remember the trouble that happened to me, He smote me three times on this month... He hit me on the eighth...I was humiliated on the ninth... On the tenth day the siege was laid on Jerusalem

On ordinary fast days, when we do not pray Ne’ila, the law depends on when the congregants pray Minĥa. If a congregation that recites Birkat Kohanim prays Minĥa at the same time that Ne’ila would take place, i.e., shortly before shki’a, the Kohanim bless the people

During Shaĥarit and Minĥa of public fast days, we read the section of the Torah that describes how God forgave Israel after the sin of the Golden Calf .

The Sages prescribed the addition of a special berakha during the ĥazan’s repetition of the Amida on fast days.

The prophets and the Sages instituted the fasts for healthy people, not for sick people. anyone who is sick is exempt from fasting, even if his condition is not life-threatening.

The Halacah of fasts reguarding Minors, Bridegrooms, and Soldiers.