She'eh Ne'esar (Hebrew: שְׁעֵה נֶאֱסַר) is a pizmon (responsory hymn) in the Seliḥot of the fast of the Seventeenth of Tammuz. It is signed with the acrostic Shelomoh,[1] and deals with the four disasters of which the fast is traditionally the anniversary, namely:

  1. the breaking of the two tablets by Moses;
  2. the cessation of the Temple daily offering;
  3. the storming of the outer defenses of Jerusalem during the Roman siege; and
  4. the burning of a Torah scroll by Apostomus.

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  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainAdler, Cyrus; Cohen, Francis L. (1905). "She'eh Ne'esar (שעה נאסר)". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 240.

  1. ^ Ibn Gabirol; comp. Zunz, Literaturgesch. p. 412.