fast day
Example Sentences
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They were mostly religious Jews, some with children in tow, who toured the site under heavy police guard on the Tisha B'Av fast day marking the razing of the temples.
From Reuters • Jul. 18, 2021
They can make up a missed fast day later, and it’s completely legitimate, he said.
From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2021
Adams’ 1798 fast day proclamation was a conventional expression of New England political culture.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2017
Tuesday was a fast day, so Saidy and dozens of others sat behind empty food trays at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, talking about why they were not eating.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2015
Forgotten the torturing heat, forgotten the hunger and thirst of the fast day!
From Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life by Frank, Ulrich
