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  • n  the tenth month of the civil year; the fourth month of the ecclesiastic year (in June and July)
  • n  Sumerian and Babylonian god of pastures and vegetation; consort of Inanna
News & Articles

  • 11 Ways To Show Moses Breaking the Tablets
    On the 17th of Tammuz, Moses smashed the Ten Commandments on the foot of Mount Sinai. Menachem Wecker breaks down 11 depictions of this oft-represented scene. Click here for the rest of the article...
    June 24, 2013 - The Forward
Quotes

  • Chaim Nachman Bialik in Ha'aretz
    ...shack that was dedicated on Friday at Kibbutz Beit Keshet; go there during "the long nights of Tevet, during the burning days of Tammuz," as poet Chaim Nachman Bialik wrote, "searing like the noontime heat, at dawn or in the breathy...
  • Ron Leshem in Ha'aretz
    Although the film is based on the book, and author Leshem wrote the screenplay together with director Cedar, there are differences between the two works - differences that are somewhat reminiscent of the differences between "Tanks of Tammuz" and...

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