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MINOR FAST DAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of five minor fast days on the Jewish calendar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("minor fast day" is a kind of...):
fast day (a day designated for fasting)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "minor fast day"):
Fast of Gedaliah ((Judaism) a minor fast day on Tishri 3 that commemorates the killing of the Jewish governor of Judah)
Fast of Tevet ((Judaism) a minor fast day on Tevet 10 commemorates the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem and has also been proclaimed a memorial day for the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust)
Fast of Esther ((Judaism) a minor fast day on Adar 13 commemorates three days that Esther fasted before approaching the Persian king on behalf of the Jewish people; the fast is connected with Purim)
Fast of the Firstborn ((Judaism) a minor fast day on Nissan 14 that is observed only by firstborn males; it is observed on the day before Passover)
Fast of Tammuz ((Judaism) a minor fast day on Tammuz 17 when the walls of Jerusalem were breached)
