9/26/2025

Tzom Lachodesh Hash’viy’y

is also known as “The Fast of the Seventh Month” and is mentioned in Zekaryah 8:19.

The day is a commemoration of the assassination of Gedalyah, governor of Yehudah, as found in Melakym Beyth 25:25 and Yirmeyahu 41:2.

It is traditionally observed as a daytime fast only.

The scripture readings are: Yirmeyahu 41; Sh’moth 32:11-14; Sh’moth 34:1-10; Yeshayahu 55:6-56:8; Hoshea 14:2-10 and Mikah 7:18-20.