Fast of Tammuz 2029

Halachic Framework

Fast of Tammuz is a rabbinic fast day. Core rules:

• Duration: The fast runs from dawn (alot haShachar) to nightfall (tzait haKochavim) — a shorter span than Yom Kippur's sunset-to-nightfall fast.
• Exemptions: The ill, pregnant and nursing women, and young children are exempt. Anyone whose health would be at risk must not fast.
• Liturgy: The Amidah includes the fast-day blessing "Aneinu," and Slichot (penitential prayers) are added. Tachanun is not said on the fast itself but is omitted afterward as well.

Customs & Observances

• Fast from dawn until nightfall
• Reciting Selichot and "Anenu"
• Mild mourning customs begin with this day: no weddings or music until Tisha B'Av
• Haircuts and festivities are traditionally avoided during the Three Weeks

Greetings & Blessings for Fast of Tammuz

Traditional greetings used before, during, and after Fast of Tammuz:

• Tzom Kal — "An easy fast"

בעברית:

• צום קל

About Fast of Tammuz

The Seventeenth of Tammuz opens the Three Weeks (Bein HaMetzarim) of mourning between this fast and Tisha B'Av. On this day the walls of Jerusalem were breached before the destruction of the Temple, and Moses shattered the Tablets of the Covenant upon seeing the Golden Calf.

Also known as: Seventeenth of Tammuz, Shiva Asar B'Tammuz

Jewish holidays begin at sunset on the evening before the date shown and conclude at nightfall (when three medium stars are visible) on the final day. In the Diaspora, major Torah festivals are observed for two days (Yom Tov Sheni shel Galuyot), while in Israel they are observed for one day.