Tammuz (month)

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Tammuz (Hebrew: תמוז, Standard Tammuz Tiberian Tammûz) is the tenth month of the ecclesiastical year and the fourth month of the civil year on the Hebrew calendar. It is a summer month of 29 days. Tammuz usually falls out in June–July on the Gregorian calendar.

The name of the month was adopted from the Babylonian calendar, in which the month was named after one of the main Babylonian gods, Tammuz (Sumerian Dumuzi).

[edit] Holidays in Tammuz

• Fast of the Seventeenth of Tammuz
  • The Three Weeks – Tammuz 17–Av 10

[edit] Other uses

• Tammuz is also the name for July in the Arabic civil calendar.
• Tammuz, is similar to Nissan (Nisan in Turkish), in relation to the Turkish civil calendar, wherein, it is spelt Temmuz.

Months of the Hebrew calendar
Tishrei - Cheshvan - Kislev - Tevet - Shevat - Adar - Nisan - Iyar - Sivan - Tammuz - Av - Elul