While the Jewish summer started 17 days ago with the advent of the month of Tamuz, that’s not really why folks like me remember Tamuz.
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17th of Tamuz
Shiva Asar B’Tamuz. The 17th day of Tamuz.
“So?”, you ask. It’s when the destruction of the two Great Temples were effected. (Some folks will add that it’s the day when Moshe broke the tablets and when an idol was placed in the Holy of Holies of the Temple.) But, it’s simply the day the walls of Jerusalem were breached by both the Babylonians and the Romans- which led to the destruction of both of the Temples. (The other things ascribed to the 17th of Tamuz can be found in the mishna of the final chapter of Ta’anit.)
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