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"Thus says Hashem Tzeva-ot, the Fast of the Fourth and the Fast of the Fifth and the Fast of the Seventh and the Fast of the Tenth will be for the House of Yehuda for joy and happiness and good holidays." (Zechariah 8:19)
Rabbi Shim'on says, Rabbi Akiva would explain these four fasts and I explain them differently.
"The Fast of the Fourth" is the 17th of Tammuz, when the Jerusalem was breached, as stated, "On the ninth day of the the fourth month famine was overwhelming in the city, and there was no food for the people. And the city was breached..." (Yirmiyah 52:6-7)
"The Fast of the Fifth" is the 9th of Av, when the Beit HaMikdash was burnt.
"The Fast of the Seventh" is the 3rd of Tishrei, when Gedaliyah Ben Achikam was killed...
"The Fast of the Tenth" is the 10th of Tevet, when the King of Babylon besieged Jerusalem, as stated, "The word of Hashem came to me on the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year, saying: Write for yourself today the essence of this very day. The King of Babylon besieged Jerusalem on this very day." (Yechezkel 24:1-2)
I disagree and say that the "Fast of the Tenth" is the 5th of Tevet, when the news arrived in the Diaspora that Jerusalem was destroyed, as stated, "On the fifth day of the tenth month in the twelfth year of our exile, the refugees from Jerusalem came to be and said the city was destroyed." (Yechezkel 33:21) And they made the day of the tidings like the day of the destruction.
(Talmud Rosh HaShanna 18b)
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Information Division, Israel Foreign Ministry - Jerusalem 17 December 1996
Email: ask@israel-info.gov.il
GSS HEAD MEETS WITH KNESSET SUB-COMMITTEE
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)
GSS head Ami Ayalon met last night (Monday), 16.12.96, with the members ofthe Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee sub-committee on the covert services.
Following consultations with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ayalon issued the following statement:
"Regarding the media debate surrounding the GSS position on the opening ofthe Hasmonean (Western Wall) tunnel, I wish to clarify the following items: In a number of meetings, on various occasions, I raised the tunnel issue with the Prime Minister and encouraged him to open the tunnel. I emphasized that the timing does not constitute a major problem. At the time, I was conscious of the Wakf activities in Solomon's Stables, and the site's transformation into a mosque, as well as the danger of a response by radical Jewish elements to this action. Accordingly, I assumed that, in this situation, it would be possible to open the tunnel.
"In discussions on 16.09.96, when the Prime Minister discussed the opening of the tunnel and addressed the matter of our response to Wakf activities at Solomon's Stables, I recommended that the tunnel be opened -- and that the political negotiations on Hebron be accelerated, while conceding to the Wakf on Solomon's Stables. The Prime Minister said that the plan was to open the tunnel at the same time as the Defense Minister's meeting with Arafat -- in which the two were to begin discussing the Hebron issue and the determination of a date for the convening of the steering committee. I was not involved in the discussions during which the precise timing of the opening was decided. I was updated on the date for the opening a day or two before the actual opening."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again expressed his full confidence inthe GSS and its head, who are performing an important service to the security of Israel.
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