Megillat Taanit
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title:
Megillat Taanit
text:
Megillat Taanit, lit. "the Scroll of Fasting," is an ancient text, in the form of a chronicle, which enumerates 35 eventful days on which the Jewish nation either performed glorious deeds or witnessed joyful events. Despite the name of the scroll, these days were celebrated as feast-days. Public mourning was forbidden on 14 of them, and public fasting on all. The work was probably written late in the Second Temple period, perhaps from 40–70 CE in the 1st century. The last event dated without dis
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Ancient Jewish Text
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megillat_Taanit
date created:
2007-01-11T04:54:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T14:14:00Z
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