Fast of Tammuz

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A Jewish day when people do not eat or drink from dawn to dusk to remember Jerusalem's walls being broken

noun

: Ayuno de Tammuz

Many Jews observe the Fast of Tammuz by abstaining from food and drink from dawn until dusk.

Examples

The Fast of Tammuz marks the day when the walls of Jerusalem were breached by the Babylonians.
During the Fast of Tammuz, special prayers are recited in synagogues around the world.
The Fast of Tammuz is observed in July.
Many Jews fast on the Fast of Tammuz.
During the Fast of Tammuz, special prayers are recited in synagogues around the world.
Many Jews observe the Fast of Tammuz by abstaining from food and drink from dawn until dusk.
The Fast of Tammuz marks the day when the walls of Jerusalem were breached by the Babylonians.

Surface Forms

Fast of Tammuz singular

Fast of Tammuzes plural

Morphology

fast + of + Tammuz

The phrase is compositionally built from 'fast' (a period of abstaining) and 'Tammuz' (a month name), so a learner who knows those constituents will readily infer it denotes a fast observed in the month of Tammuz. Cultural specifics (the exact date and commemorative event) require background knowledge, but the core meaning is directly derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Fast of Tammuz is a Jewish day when people fast, meaning they do not eat, in the month of Tammuz to remember when the walls of Jerusalem were broken. So, the name refers to 'a day of fasting' to remember and mourn the city's loss.