Fast of the 10th of Teves : Today is the Fast of the 10th of Tevet , being the 10th of the Hebrew Month of Tevet . Chazal instituted Asoroh Be ' Teives for four calamities that took place on this date : - - Nebuchadnetzar , king of Bovel , laid siege to Yerushalayim - Those already exiled to Bovel got news of the destruction in Yerushalayim - The Holy Torah was translated into greek two days before , limiting its depth and helping the Hellenists grow - Ezra , the holy sage and prophet and Kohein Gadol passed away just the day before . ( Rabbi Chrysler Luach ) . Talmud Yerushalmi Yoma 1 , teaches that , " Any generation in which the Be is Ha - Mikdash is not rebuilt , is considered as if they had destroyed it . " ( The Book of our Heritage - Eliyahu Kitov ) . While our Beis Ha Mikdash Temple remains unbuilt , so is that generation unworthy for it to stand again . Being unworthy , is just the same as when It was destroyed at the time for not being worthy to have It , and thus , such a generation is like the generation that existed when It was destroyed . Our Gemorrah tells us that when HaShem Allowed The Temple to be destroyed , HaShem Rather Destroyed His House , rather than His People . We are told that the remaining Kohanim , went up onto the roof of the Temple , and A Hand Appeared From Heaven and the Kohein three the Keys to the Temple up to It and so , are the Temple Keys , in HaShem's Care . Each of us is responsible for doing our Torah Mitzvos and thus becoming worthy to have our Temple Rebuilt . To have HaShem in our midst , we need to work very strictly on ourselves and make ourselves worthy , keeping Shabbos and all HaShem's Torah and Mitzvos . So today , we Fast and remember these calamities and the much Holier Yerushalaim , in times of old . We also remember bthe Holiness of our Torah Gift , and how we must delve into It's Learning and Keep it Holy and Pure , and stay away from other false beliefs , keeping Faithful to HaShem , The One And Only G-D . We also remember the holiness of dearest Ezra the Scribe and Prophet , to whom , much of our Tefillos that we Daven today can be ascribed to him . A Most Holy Tzaddik . So as we Fast today , on Asoroh Be ' Teveis , may we plead with HaShem for forgiveness , and may all Jews come to the Holy Light of Torah , and may all Jews look deeper into their Holy Traditions and remember our standing at Har Sinai and us all as a Nation , saying , " Na 'aseh Ve Nishma " - " We will do and we will listen . " May we all work to and see the Rebuilding of our Holy Beis Ha - Mikdash - Our Holy Temple , Speedily In Our Days , with the Return of HaShem's Holy Shechinah . Wishing all my fellow Jews a Meaningful Holy Ta'anis Fast . of the 10th of Teves :