צוֹם ², ch. same. Targ. Joel II, 12. Targ. II Esth. III, 8. Targ. Zech. VII, 5 צום תעני a fast of affliction; a. fr.—Y. Ḥall. I, 57ᶜ top; Y. R. Hash. I, 57ᵇ bot. תמן חשין לצ׳ רבה תרין יומין there (in Babylonia) were such as thought the Great Fast (Day of Atonement) should be observed two days (on account of the uncertainty of the calendar). Y. Ab. Zar. I, 39ᵇ bot. דאת מחשב ואת משכח צ׳ רבה וכ׳ for if you make the calculation, you will find that the Day of Atonement would have been on a Sunday (which must not be); a. fr.—Pl. צוֹמִין, צוֹמַיָּא, צוֹמָתָא. Targ. Esth. IX, 31; Targ. II Esth. ib. צומתא (ed. Lag. sing.). Ib. V, 1; a. e.—Y. Ned. VIII, 40ᵈ bot., v. צוּם; a. e.