Definition that contains minor fast day
- fast of tammuz (Judaism) a minor fast day on Tammuz 17 when the walls of Jerusalem were breached
- fast of tevet (Judaism) a minor fast day on Tevet 10 commemorates the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem and has also been proclaimed a memorial day for the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust
- fast of esther (Judaism) a minor fast day on Adar 13 commemorates three days that Esther fasted before approaching the Persian king on behalf of the Jewish people; the fast is connected with Purim
- fast of the firstborn (Judaism) a minor fast day on Nissan 14 that is observed only by firstborn males; it is observed on the day before Passover
- fast of gedaliah (Judaism) a minor fast day on Tishri 3 that commemorates the killing of the Jewish governor of Judah
- minor fast day one of five minor fast days on the Jewish calendar