Definition of Fast of ab

1. Noun. (Judaism) a major fast day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Fast Of Ab

Farrant's mounting fluid
Farre's line
Farrell
Farsala
Farsi
Faruk I
Farvardin
Fas-activated serine-threonine kinase
Fas antigen
Fasciola gigantica
Fascioloides magna
Fasciolopsis
Fasciolopsis buski
Fasciolopsis rathouisi
Fascism
Fast of Ab
Fast of Av
Fat Man
Fat Tuesday
Fata Morgana
Fata Morganas
Fatah
Fatah-RC
Fatah Revolutionary Council
Fatah Tanzim
Fate
Fates
Father's Day
Father-God

Literary usage of Fast of ab

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Jewish Ceremonial Institutions and Customs by William Rosenau (1912)
"During the day of these two fasts various elegies are recited. On the fast of Ab, the book of Lamentations is the scroll designated for reading in the ..."

2. Jewish Laws and Customs: Some of the Laws and Usages of the Children of the by Alfred Kingsley Glover (1900)
"On the fast of Ab no music or singing is permissible. 15. ... THE fast of ab. The fast of the ninth of Ab is otherwise known as the "black fast," and calls ..."

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