Tammuz (Hebrew month)
Tammuz, or Tamuz, is the tenth month of the civil year and the fourth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar, and the modern Assyrian calendar. It is a month of 29 days, which occurs on the Gregorian calendar around June–July.
The name of the month was adopted from the Assyrian and Babylonian month Araḫ Dumuzu, named in honour of the Mesopotamian deity Dumuzid.
Holidays
17 Tammuz – Seventeenth of Tammuz – is a fast day from 1 hour before sunrise to sundown in remembrance of Jerusalem's walls being breached. 17 Tammuz is the beginning of The Three Weeks, in which Jews follow similar customs as the ones followed during the Omer from the day following Passover until the culmination of the mourning for the death of the students of Rabbi Akiva The Three Weeks culminate with Tisha B'Av.In Jewish history
3 Tammuz - Joshua stops the sun 3 Tammuz - Death of Rabbi Shneur Kotler, Rosh Yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha of Lakewood, New Jersey.4 Tammuz - Death of Rabbeinu Tam4 Tammuz - Meir of Rothenburg imprisoned5 Tammuz - Ezekiel receives his "Chariot" vision 6 Tammuz - Operation Entebbe9 Tammuz - Jerusalem walls breached by Nebuchadnezzar II, a date observed as a fast day until the second breaching of Jerusalem's walls by the Roman Empire on the 17th of Tammuz 15 Tammuz - Death of Chaim ibn Attar17 Tammuz - golden calf offered by the Jewish people, 40 days after the giving of the Torah at Har Sinai. In response, Moses smashed the first Tablets. This is the first of the five national tragedies mourned on this day. 17 Tammuz - The korban in Solomon's Temple were discontinued.17 Tammuz - Walls of Jerusalem breached by the Roman army.17 Tammuz The Roman general Apostomus burned the Torah and placed an idol in the Second Temple.21 Tammuz - Death of the Kabbalist Baal Shem Elijah Loans, grandson of Johanan Luria and Josel of Rosheim, and author of the Miklol Yofi commentary on Ecclesiastes.21 Tammuz The last Remaining Jews of Yemen are captured by the Houthi Militia22 Tammuz - Death of Rabbi Shlomo of Karlin23 Tammuz - Death of Rabbi Moses ben Jacob Cordovero26 Tammuz - Death of Rabbi Shlomo Zev Zweigenhaft28 Tammuz - Death of Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum (Ujhel)29 Tammuz - Death of Johanan HaSandlar29 Tammuz - Death of Rashi29 Tammuz - Death of Ze'ev Jabotinsky; secular observance by Israel as Jabotinsky DayIn fiction
- In the story of Xenogears, Tammuz is the name of a country, named after the Hebrew month. In the official Japanese version translation, however, it was transliterated Tamuzu. This was later further changed by the translation process to "Thames" for the English version.