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Taanis (Fast Days)

  • - עברית, Aliyos, Bar Mitzvah, Krias Hatorah, Taanis (Fast Days)
  • או"ח רפב

בדין עליית בר מצוה למפטיר בצום עשרה בטבת

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  • Taanis (Fast Days)
  • smoking

Is one allowed to smoke a cigarette or a vape on a fast day?

  Halachically one may smoke on fast days. On Tisha B'av one should not smoke. However if one is unfortunately addicted and it is very difficult for him to refrain,…

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  • Taanis (Fast Days), Taanis Esther
  • haircut, או"ח תקנא

Can I get a haircut on Taanis Esther?

  Yes.   Sources: שלא להסתפר בתענית - הנה מצינו חומרת בענ״פ לנהוג בת״צ בשאר עינויים כבת״ב, ראה פמ״ג תקנא בא״א י. דע״ת למהרש״ם שם ב. משנ״ב תקנ, ו ובבה״ל…

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  • Pidyon Haben, Taanis (Fast Days)
  • Asara B'Teves

Pidyon Haben on a Fast Day

  Question: Our son's Pidyon Haben is scheduled for Asarah B'Teves. What exactly do we do? Also is there an Inyan to do it together with Mincha? I'm Wondering because…

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  • Taanis (Fast Days)
  • Chevra Kadisha

Is the Chevra Kadisha fast day considered a public fast day?

  Question: Is 15 Kislev considered a taanis yochid or taanis tzibur? Do we have to be mekabel taanis? Does the answer depend if we have a minyan of people…

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  • Krias Hatorah, Taanis (Fast Days), Tachanun
  • kel erech apayim

Is Keil Erech Apayim recited only on Mondays and Thursdays or everyday Tachanun is said?

  Question: The paragraph starting keןl erech apayim, I've only seen people saying it on Monday and Thursday. I noticed in the siddur that the additions for Monday and Thursday…

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  • Taanis (Fast Days), Wedding
  • אה"ע סא

I am a bit nervous about fasting on my wedding day…

  Question: I am getting married soon and I have a hard time fasting. I get bad headaches and even after I break my fast I am really out of…

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  • Krias Shema Al Hamita, Maariv, Taanis (Fast Days)

Repeating Shema when Davening Ma’ariv early (on a fast day)

  Question: When we Daven Maariv early, like after a fast day and have to repeat Kriyas Shema, can Kriyas Shema She’Al Hamita fulfill this obligation, or does it have…

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  • Taanis (Fast Days)
  • fast day, traveling

Fasting While Flying West: When is the Taanis Over?

  Question: On Tisha B’Av afternoon I will be flying with my wife and 3 kids westward from NYC and will only be landing at around midnight NY time. I’m wondering if…

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  • Taanis (Fast Days), Tisha B'Av
  • fasting, Tisha B'av: Fasting

I gave birth last Friday (3 Av)- do I have to fast on Tisha B’Av?

  You are Patur (exempt) from fasting.   Sources: ט"ז סי' תקנ"ד סק"ה, מג"א סק"ט, א"ר סק"ח, משנה ברורה (שם) סקי"ג: אבל תוך שבעה, אפילו אמרה איני צריכה - אין לה להתענות.…

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  • Taanis (Fast Days)
  • fast

Fasting on Tisha B’Av for an expectant or nursing mother

  An expectant or nursing mother who is suffering undue weakness or one who is at a stage of her pregnancy where fasting is deemed unhealthy for her (or for…

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  • Taanis (Fast Days)
  • antibiotics, fast day

Can I continue to take antibiotics pills on a fast day (to be taken every 8 hours)? If yes, what is the best way it should be taken?

  These pills may be taken if they are swallowed and not chewed. Although it is preferable not to drink water while taking a pill, if it is needed to…

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  • Marriage, Taanis (Fast Days), Wedding
  • brush teeth, fast, fast day

Can the Kallah who is fasting on her wedding day brush her teeth?

  Yes this is permitted.   דהוי תענית יחיד וע"פ המבואר בשו"ע סי' תקס"ז ס"ג ונו"כ, (ומה גם דאינו תענית חמור) וראה גם נ"ג נישואין פ"ו אות י"ג.   #5301

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  • - עברית, Taanis (Fast Days)
  • Shiva Asar B'Tammuz

האם תענית י”ז בתמוז מתחיל בחצות הלילה?

  שאלה: ראיתי בשיחה שכ''ק אד''ש מזכיר את דברי אדה''ז בסידורו ע''ד עלות השחר במדינות הצפוניות, שלכן תענית י''ז בתמוז מתחיל בחצות הלילה, ושלכן אפשר להמשיך ההתעדות עד חצות הלילה.…

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  • Birth, Pregnancy, Taanis (Fast Days), The 3 Weeks, Tisha B'Av
  • Tisha B’Av on Shabbos (Nidche), או"ח תקנד

I am pregnant/nursing. Do I need to fast Tisha B’av this year (5782), being that it is a Nidche (pushed off)?

  Tisha B'Av is a more stringent fast day and certainly one should try their absolute best to complete the entire fast. The Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chayim 554:5) writes that…

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  • Pregnancy, Taanis (Fast Days)
  • Shiva Asar B'Tammuz

I am in the early stages of pregnancy, do I need to fast on Shiva Asar B’Tammuz? Considering its Nidcha this year.

  The exemption from fasting applies only to a woman who is already in the fourth month of pregnancy, or in the case of pain from 40 days onwards. However,…

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  • Taanis (Fast Days)
  • chicken, fast, meat, taanis

I have heard that on some fast days and the night following it, meat/chicken shouldn’t be eaten. Which fast days does this apply to and is this the same Din for someone not fasting (pregnancy, nursing etc)?

This applies according to Halacha the night after Tisha B’av. Some  follow this custom on the night preceding and following every fast.  This concept can apply even to to those who do…

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