This is an archive of prayers composed for (or relevant to) עֲשָׂרָה בְּטֵבֵת (Asarah b’Tevet, the 10th of the month of Tevet), a fast day in rabbinic Judaism observed from before dawn to nightfall. The fasting commemorates the commencement of the siege of Jerusalem by the Neo-Babylonian emperor Nebuchadnezzar Ⅱ, which ultimately culminated in the destruction of Solomon’s Temple (the First Temple), the downfall of the Kingdom of Yehudah, and the exile of the Jewish people within the Neo-Babylonian empire. Several other events are noted in close proximity to the day including the translation of the Tanakh into Greek and the reconfiguration of the climax of the ancient Saturnalia festival by Christians in celebration of the incarnation of their deity. Click here to contribute a prayer you have composed for Asarah b’Tevet. Filter resources by Name Filter resources by Tag Filter resources by Category
Psalms 60 in Hebrew with English translation by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer, presented for the fast of the Tenth of Tevet. . . .
The works of the great paytan Yannai were, with the exception of a small handful of poems, almost completely lost until their rediscovery in the Cairo Geniza. This poem, an acrostic comparison of the days of Moses and Jeremiah, was written by Yannai to serve as part of the Musaf Ḳedushah on the first Shabbat after 17 Tammuz, on which the opening section of Jeremiah is recited. It bears structural and linguistic similarities to the later famous ḳinah Esh Tuqad. In its liturgical context, it was intended to introduce the final few verses of the Ḳedushah . Nowadays the custom of poetic inserts into the ḳedushah is nearly extinct, but the poem stands as a moving and powerful work nonetheless. . . .
Tags: 43rd century A.M., 6th century C.E., Acrostic translation, alphabetic mesostic, Cairo Geniza, First Shabbat of Admonition, חורבן Ḥurban, Mourning this Broken World, פיוטים piyyutim, קינות Ḳinōt, Shabbatot of Admonition, Siege of Jerusalem (597 BCE), Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE), Three Weeks of Mourning, יציאת מצרים Yetsiat Mitsrayim
“Ezkera Matsok” (I remember the distress) is a seliḥah in alphabetic acrostic recited on the Fast of Tevet in the Ashkenazi nusaḥ minhag Polin. . . .
A pizmon recited on the Fast of Tevet in the tradition of nusaḥ Ashkenaz. . . .
“Even haRoshah” (the corner stone) is a seliḥah recited on the Fast of Tevet in the Ashkenazi nusaḥ minhag Polin. . . .
This prayer for those who must eat on Jewish fast days, was shared by Sarah Osborne for A Mitzvah to Eat on Facebook. The Hebrew translation of the prayer was offered by Rabba Dr. Anat Sharbat. . . .
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