Lessons on The Minor Fasts' Halachot

articles on The Minor Fasts' Halachot

articles on The Minor Fasts' Halachot

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Is it permissible for one to brush teeth on a minor fast day without toothpaste?

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11. The Torah Reading for Fast Days

Chapter 7: The Minor Fasts

During Shaĥarit and Minĥa of public fast days, we read the section of the Torah that describes how God forgave Israel after the sin of the Golden Calf .

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 12 5782

12. Birkat Kohanim at Minha

Chapter 7: The Minor Fasts

On ordinary fast days, when we do not pray Ne’ila, the law depends on when the congregants pray Minĥa. If a congregation that recites Birkat Kohanim prays Minĥa at the same time that Ne’ila would take place, i.e., shortly before shki’a, the Kohanim bless the people

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 19 5782

10. The Aneinu Prayer

Chapter 7: The Minor Fasts

The Sages prescribed the addition of a special berakha during the ĥazan’s repetition of the Amida on fast days.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 12 5782

7. Sick People Are Exempt from Fasting

Chapter 7: The Minor Fasts

The prophets and the Sages instituted the fasts for healthy people, not for sick people. anyone who is sick is exempt from fasting, even if his condition is not life-threatening.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 12 5782

8. Pregnant and Nursing Women on Tisha Be-Av and the Minor Fast Days

Chapter 7: The Minor Fasts

Pregnant and nursing women must fast on Tisha Be-Av. However, pregnant and nursing women need not fast on the minor fast.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 12 5782

9. Minors, Bridegrooms, and Soldiers

Chapter 7: The Minor Fasts

The Halacah of fasts reguarding Minors, Bridegrooms, and Soldiers.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 12 5782

6. One Who Forgets That It Is a Fast Day

Chapter 7: The Minor Fasts

One who accidentally eats or drinks on a fast day must continue fasting, because these days were instituted as fast days due to the distress that we experienced on them.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 12 5782

5. Rinsing One’s Mouth

Chapter 7: The Minor Fasts

Le-khatĥila, one should not wash his mouth on the minor fasts, because there is concern that one might swallow drops of water.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 12 5782

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