The Talmud directs Jews to do this to commemorate the destruction of the First and Second Temples, and in Hebrew this practice is called tzomot.
Adherents of the Bahai faith participate in this practice during their month of Ala. The Talmud directs Jews to do this to commemorate the destruction of the First and Second Temples, and in Hebrew this practice is called tzomot. Devout Catholics between the ages of 18 and 59 are obliged to do this on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. The visual sighting of the crescent moon inaugurates the best-known example of this religious practice. FTP sawm is Arabic for what practice associated in Islam with Ramadan?
Adherents of the Bahai faith participate in this practice during their month of Ala.
fasting (accept obvious equivalents, like "not eating")