Tammuz 17 this year is on Sunday, July 8, 2012.
Tammuz is a fast day. Since the actual date falls on a Shabbat, and we do not fast or mourn on a Shabbat it is postponed until the following day.
We fast both food and drink from dawn to sunset- in our locale from 5:46 am to about 8:30pm or 3 stars.
The fast of the 17th of the Hebrew month of Tammuz, known as Shiva Asar B'Tammuz, is the start of a three-week mourning period for the destruction of Jerusalem and the two Holy Temples. It ends on Tisha b’Av or with the fast of the 9th of Av, this year on July 29th. …
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