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==Institution of fast==
In remembrance of these tribulations, the Jewish sages instituted the Fast of the Seventh (see [[Book of Zechariah|Zechariah]] 8:19) on the day of Gedaliah's assassination in the seventh month.{{cn|date=February 2021}}
The Bible does not specify on which day of the seventh month Gedaliah was killed. However, the Hebrew word ''hodesh'' can mean "new moon" as well as "month", suggesting that he was killed on the first of the month.<ref>[[Radak]] on Jeremiah 41:1</ref> According to the [[Talmud]], Gedaliah was killed on the third of the month.<ref name="rh18b">Rosh Hashana 18b</ref> Other sources suggest that Gedaliah was killed on the first of the month, but the fast is delayed until after [[Rosh Hashanah]], since fasting is prohibited during a festival.<ref>http://www.daat.ac.il/encyclopedia/value.asp?id1=1098</ref>
According to the Talmud, the aim of the fast day is "to establish that the death of the righteous is likened to the burning of the House of our God."<ref name="rh18b"/> Just as fasts were ordained to commemorate the destruction of the [[Solomon's Temple|Jewish Temple]], likewise a fast was ordained to commemorate the death of Gedaliah.{{cn|date=February 2021}}
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