Asara B'Tevet, the siege of Jerusalem: Fast start and end times
The fast, also known as Asarah B'Tevet, was originally established to commemorate the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonian emperor Nebuchadnezzar in 425 BCE.
‘THE DESTRUCTION of the Temple of Jerusalem,’ Francesco Hayez, 1867(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)ByTZVI JOFFRE
