Tzom Gedaliah 2024 Lexus. After gedaliah is appointed, yishmael and his men, suspicious of their governor’s ties with the occupying enemy nation, plot to assassinate the puppet official. Tzom gedaliah is named after gedaliah ben achikam.
The gemora concludes that this fast teaches us that the death of a righteous person is on par with the burning and destruction of the holy temple. Tzom gedaliah for hebrew year 5785 occurs at dawn on sunday, 6 october 2024.