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Ta'anith Esther (the Fast of Esther) is held on the 13th of Adar, the day before Purim. The Shulhan 'Aruch states...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010/Shebat 26, 5770
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It used to be that people would fast before Rosh Hodesh (the new month). Nowadays, people find fasting much harder,...
Wednesday, January 13, 2010/Tebeth 27, 5770
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It says in the Gemarra of Ta'anith that if we have a court case or legal dealings with a non Jew, it should be...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009/Ab 1, 5769
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It says in the Gemarra of Ta'anith, that we are not permitted to speak while we are eating, because there is a...
Tuesday, April 7, 2009/Nisan 13, 5769
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All first born males (Bekhoroth) have to fast the day before Pesah (Passover), even if they are Cohen or Levi...
Thursday, April 2, 2009/Nisan 8, 5769
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Everybody is obligated in the Miswah of Meghillah, both men and women. I would like to add that there is a common...
Sunday, March 1, 2009/Adar 5, 5769
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On Rosh Hodesh we are not permitted to fast, just as we are not allowed to fast on Shabbath and Yom Tob. The...
Tuesday, February 24, 2009/Shebat 30, 5769
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King David (Dawid Hammelekh 'a"h), as we know, instituted that we have to recite 100 Berakhoth (blessings)...
Tuesday, January 6, 2009/Tebeth 10, 5769
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If a Hathan, a bridegroom, finds that one of the fast days, such as the seventeenth of Tammuz, Som Gedalia, the tenth...
Monday, January 5, 2009/Tebeth 9, 5769
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A Ta'anith Yahid (private fast) that can be held at any time, should not be held on a Friday ('Ereb...
Thursday, January 1, 2009/Tebeth 5, 5769
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I have often spoken about how, when people realize that repentance is called for, whether before Rosh Hashanah and...
Friday, September 26, 2008/Elul 26, 5768
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