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When do the rules pertaining to the Three Weeks start?

by Rabbi Naftali Silberberg

  

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They start with sundown of the evening prior to the 17th of Tammuz. The fast starts in the morning, but the “Three Weeks” start at night.1

Below are the dates for the next few years: 

2009 Sundown July 8

2010 Sundown June 28

2011 Sundown July 18

2012 Sundown July 7 

Footnotes

  • 1. Chida (Chaim Sha'al s. 24). There are, however, dissenting opinions (see Nitei Gavriel Bein Hameitzarim, vol. 1 p. 102 footnote 13).

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Tammuz
The fourth month on the Jewish calendar, normally corresponding to June-July.