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|official_name = {{lang-he|צוֹם גְּדַלְיָה}}
|nickname = Fast of the seventh month
|observedby = [[Jew]]s and [[Messianic Judaism|Messianic Jews]]
|significance = Mourning the assassination of [[Gedalia]]h
|begins = 3rd day of Tishrei at dawn (if Shabbat, then 4th day of Tishrei at dawn)
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|observances = Fasting
|relatedto = [[Ten Days of Repentance]]
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The '''Fast of Gedalia''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|ɡ|ɛ|d|ə|ˈ|l|aɪ|.|ə|,_|ɡ|ə|ˈ|d|ɑː|l|i|ə}}; {{lang-he|צוֹם גְּדַלְיָה}} ''Tzom Gedalya''), also [[transliteration|transliterated]] from the Hebrew language as '''Gedaliah''' or '''Gedalya(h)''', is a minor [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[fasting|fast]] day from [[dawn]] until [[dusk]] to lament the assassination of [[Gedaliah]], the righteous governor of Judah. His death ended Jewish autonomy following the destruction of the [[Solomon's Temple|First Temple]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/gedalia.html|title=Jewish Holidays: The Fast of Gedaliah|work=Jewish Virtual Library|publisher=American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise|access-date=4 September 2013}}</ref>
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