ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Thursday, July 6, 2023 17 Tammuz, 5783
ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Thursday, July 6, 2023 17 Tammuz, 5783 Fast of Tammuz 17 Torah Reading Fast: Exodus 32:11-14; Exodus 34:1-10 Jewish History Moses Breaks Tablets (1313 BCE) The Talmud (Taanit 28b) lists five tragic events in Jewish history that occurred on Tammuz 17, on account of which a fast was instituted on this day (see Laws & Customs "). The first of these occurred in 1313 BCE, forty days after the Giving of the Torah on Sivan 6. Upon descending Mount Sinai and witnessing Israel's worship of the Golden Calf (see " Today in Jewish History " for yesterday, Tammuz 16), Moses smashed the Tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments which he was carrying down from the mountain. (for the other four tragedies of Tammuz 17, see below) Links: Broken & Whole The 120-Day Version of the Human Story Moses Breaks the Tablets Temple Service Disrupted (423 BCE) The daily sacrificial offerings ( Korban Tamid ) in the Holy Temple were discontinued, three we