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2. Ta'anit - Wikipedia

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   Because, according to the Hebrew Bible, hardship and calamitous circumstances can occur as a result of sin, [4] fasting is often undertaken by the community or by individuals to achieve atonement and avert catastrophe. [5] Most of the Talmud's Tractate Ta'anit ("Fast[s]") is dedicated to the protocol involved in declaring and observing fast days.

3. Fast of the Firstborn - Wikipedia

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   Fast of the Firstborn (Hebrew: תענית בכורות, Ta'anit B'khorot [1] or תענית בכורים, Ta'anit B'khorim [2]) is a unique fast day in Judaism which usually falls on the day before Passover (i.e., the fourteenth day of Nisan, a month in the Jewish calendar; Passover begins on the fifteenth of Nisan).

4. Shovavim - Wikipedia

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   An advertisement for Shovavim, prayer featuring the Ta'anit fast in Zichron Moshe Synagogue. Jerusalem, Israel. Shovavim (Hebrew: שובבי"ם) is a period of six to eight weeks each year, in which some Kabbalists teach one should focus on repenting for one's sins, particularly sexual sins.

5. Jewish greetings - Wikipedia

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   Easy fast [tsom kal] Hebrew Used to wish someone an easy Yom Kippur fast. In some English-speaking communities today, the greeting "[have] an easy and meaningful fast" is used. [4] Gemar Ḥatima Tova: גְּמַר חֲתִימָה טוֹבָה: May you be sealed for good [in the Book of Life] Hebrew pronunciation: [gmaʁ χati.ma to.va] Hebrew

6. Tenth of Tevet - Wikipedia

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   Tenth of Tevet (Hebrew: י' טבת), or Asarah BeTevet (Hebrew: עשרה בטבת), the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tevet, is a fast day in Judaism.It is one of the minor fasts observed even in erev Shabbat from before dawn to nightfall, while other fast days are then postponed after Shabbat.

7. Aneinu - Wikipedia

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   Aneinu (Hebrew: עֲנֵנוּ, lit. ' "answer us" ' ), also transliterated as annenu or aneynu , is a Jewish prayer added into the Chazzan's Repetition of the Shemoneh Esrei on fast days . It is also inserted into the personal Shemoneh Esrei inside of Shema Koleinu (a blessing in the Shemoneh Esrei) during the Shacharit Prayer by Sephardic ...