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Today marks the 17th of the Hebrew month of Tammuz. Five major catastrophes
occurred in Jewish history on the 17th of Tammuz: (1) Moses broke the tablets at
Mount Sinai, in response to the building of the Golden Calf. (2) The daily
offerings in the First Temple were suspended during the siege of Jerusalem in
the 5th century BCE. (3) Jerusalem's walls were breached, prior to the
destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. (4) Prior to the Great Revolt, the
Roman general Apostamos burned a Torah scroll. (5) An idolatrous image was
placed in the Holy Temple. Throughout the world, Jews commemorate this solemn
day with fasting and prayer, along with the renewed hope that this year will be
the last year in exile, and pray for the supreme blessing of the coming of the
Messiah and the rebuilding of the third Temple in Jerusalem.
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