minor fast day
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1. one of five minor fast days on the Jewish calendar (noun.time)
| hypernym | : | fast day, |
| definition | : | a day designated for fasting (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | fast of gedaliah, |
| definition | : | (Judaism) a minor fast day on Tishri 3 that commemorates the killing of the Jewish governor of Judah (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | fast of tevet, |
| definition | : | (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 (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | fast of esther, |
| definition | : | (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 (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | fast of the firstborn, |
| definition | : | (Judaism) a minor fast day on Nissan 14 that is observed only by firstborn males; it is observed on the day before Passover (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | fast of tammuz, |
| definition | : | (Judaism) a minor fast day on Tammuz 17 when the walls of Jerusalem were breached (noun.time) |
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