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The Meaning of Today’s 10th of Tevet Fast

Posted on: January 4th, 2012

Rabbi Naphtali Hoff

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Asara B’Teves, the 10th of Teves, commemorates the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonian ruler Nebuchadnezzar that ultimately culminated with the First Temple’s destruction on the 9th of Av the following year.

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