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The Fast of Gedalia

The day after Rosh Hashanah is called Tzom Gedaliah - a fast day.

We neither eat nor drink, from approximately three hours before sunrise until 40 minutes after sunset.

It commemorates the tragic assassination of Gedaliah, a great Jewish leader during the Babylonian exile.

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