first Tablets. This is the first of the five national tragedies mourned on this day. 17 Tammuz (c. 586 BCE) – The korban in Solomon's Temple were discontinued. 17 Tammuz (70) – Walls of Jerusalem breached by the Roman army. 17 Tammuz (135) The Roman general Apostomus burned the Torah and placed an idol in the Second Temple. 21 Tammuz (1636) – Death of the Kabbalist Baal Shem Elijah Loans, grandson of Johanan Luria and Josel of Rosheim, and author of the Miklol Yofi (Amsterdam, 1695) commentary on Ecclesiastes. 21 Tammuz (2020) The last Remaining Jews of Yemen are captured by the Houthi Militia 22 Tammuz (1792) – Death of Rabbi Shlomo of Karlin 23 Tammuz (1570) – Death of Rabbi Moses ben Jacob Cordovero 26 Tammuz (2005) – Death of Rabbi Shlomo Zev Zweigenhaft 28 Tammuz (1841) – Death of Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum (Ujhel) 29 Tammuz (150) – Death of Johanan HaSandlar 29 Tammuz (1105) – Death of Rashi 29 Tammuz (1940) – Death of Ze'ev Jabotinsky; secular observance by Israel as Jabotinsky Day In fiction In the story of Xenogears, Tammuz is the name of a country, named after the Hebrew month. In the official Japanese version translation, however, it was transliterated Tamuzu. This was later further changed by the translation process to "Thames" for the English version. See also Jewish astrology "Tammūz" (Arabic: ﺗﻤﻮﺯ), is also the name for the month of July in Iraq, the Levant and Turkey ("Temmuz" in Turkish). In Syriac it is ܬܡܘܙ. In Lebanon, Syria, and the Palestinian territories, the 2006 Lebanon War is generally known as حرب تموز Ḥarb Tammūz (i.e. the July War), following the Arab custom of naming the Arab-Israeli wars after months or years. References External links This Month in Jewish History Months of the Hebrew calendar