Q.. Another question. As we are about to begin the sad month of Tamuz, what exactly is the meaning of that name?
A. Tamuz, the fourth month of the Jewish calendar, has two primary meanings: It is and an ancient Mesopotamian god of fertility and agriculture. The word itself stems from the Akkadian form Tammuzi, which ultimately is deriven from Sumerian. The name of the month was adopted from the Assyrian and Babylonian month Araḫ Dumuzu, named in honour of the Mesopotamian deity Dumuzid.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Y. Hirshman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu, Horav Kalman Ochs, and Horav Dovid Bartfeld consulting in need Horav Hagaon Rav Yitzchak Berkowitz Shlit’a
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