Nachum spoke with Rabbi Elchanan Weinbach, Principal of the Rabbi Teitz Mesivta Academy, and Fast Day Consultant, about today's fast: Tzom Gedaliah. Tzom Gedalia was instituted by our Sages to commemorate the assassination of Gedalia ben (son of) Achikam by a fellow Jew on the third day of the month of Tishrei in 423 BCE. The story of Gedalia is found in various places in Nevi'im (Prophets), Melachim (Kings) II chapter 25, and in the book of Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah) chapters 40 and 41. The fast is also mentioned in Zechariah (7:5 and 8:19), as the "fast of the seventh month." Rabbi Weinbach elaborated on the importance of the fast and how one is to properly utilize the opportunity of a fast day. Click the link above to listen.