tzom gedaliah

Opinion: This Tzom Gedaliah, It’s Time To Reconsider Who Qualifies For A Fast Named After Them

So it’s the Fast of Gedaliah, right? And we’re just supposed to care about some bureaucrat from a million years ago that no one would have heard of if he hadn’t been killed? And not only do we have to care about him, but we have to fast in memory of his death? Why shouldContinue reading “Opinion: This Tzom Gedaliah, It’s Time To Reconsider Who Qualifies For A Fast Named After Them”