By chabad.org
On the 10th of Tevet of the year 3336 from Creation (425 BCE), the armies of the Babylonian emperor Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem.
Thirty months later — on Tammuz 9, 3338 — the city walls were breached, and on Av 9th of that year, the Holy Temple was destroyed. The Jewish people were exiled to Babylonia for 70 years.
Tevet 10 (this year Jan. 1, 2015) is observed as a day of fasting, mourning and repentance. We refrain from food and drink from daybreak to nightfall, and add the Selichot and other special supplements to our prayers.
More recently, Tevet 10 was chosen to also serve as a “general kaddish day” for the victims of the Holocaust, many of whom the day of their martyrdom is unknown.
An ancient Jewish custom, which was revived by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, is to deliver words of inspiration and arousal to repentance on fast days.
We appreciate being able to relive the moment by seeing this vidio.
Often times, people wish each other an easy fast. As a matter of fact, this fast in particular (or so I’ve been told) is the easiest as it comes during the wintertime when the days are short by contrast to the other fasts that usually occur during the spring & summer months. May we all merIt MOSHIACH TZIDKAYNU BIMHAYRA VE’YAMAYNU when all the fasts will be transformed to yomim tovim, SPEEDILY IN OUR DAYS AMEN!!!!!
Rebbe Shlita we need Moshiach now!!!