Fast of Gedaliah

Fast of Ge·​da·​liah

-gəˈdälyə,

-ˌgedəˈliə

: a Jewish fast day observed on the 3d day of Tishri and commemorating the assassination of Gedaliah, Nebuchadnezzar's governor in Judah

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