Gedaliah Fast – September 28, 2022, history significance why we celebrate timeline fact’s Gedaliah Fast is on September 28 this year. Also called ‘fast of the seventh month,’ it commemorates Gedaliah Ben Ahikam’s murder and the tragic consequences for the Jewish people. But why, of all the great Biblical figures, is this man’s death remembered? Why does Gedaliah, a man most of us haven’t heard of, have his own fast? And why is this fast day so close to Rosh Hashanah? After delving further into the Gedaliah story, we realize…
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