Memorializes the breaching of the walls of Yәrushâlayim in the time of the Beit ha-Miqdâsh hâ-Rishon (Yirmәyâhu 39.2, where the date is the 9th) and Titus' breaching the walls of Yәrushâlayim during the time of the Beit ha-Miqdâsh ha-Sheini.
This is a dawn-to-dusk tzom from food and drink. Medical considerations take precedence over all fasting. Children under the age of בר/בת מצוה aren't required to fast. However, for several years approaching the age of בר/בת מצוה, children should be allotted — for the entirety of the day —, a gradually reduced amount o food and liquids, realizing this goal by the age of בר/בת מצוה.
This tzom begins three weeks of mourning (abstention from cutting one's hair, from wearing new clothes, from parties, celebrations, weddings and the like), ending with the tzom of the 9th of Fifthmonth (Babylonian-assimilated month name: "Av").
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