The Tenth Of Tevet

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.

If a person flies westward on a fast airplane on a fast day, traveling against the rotation of the Earth, should they observe the fast according to the times of the place of departure, the place of arrival, or according to their actual location and local time throughout the flight?

The translation of the Torah into Greek was mourned by the Rabbis. How, then, should we spread the light of Torah in the world?

When hard times befall the Jewish people such as, G-d forbid, drought, warfare, or plague, we must realize that they are not a coincidence - rather they are a Divine warning to klal Yisroel to do tshuvah

After the destruction of the First Temple, the Prophets and the Sages of Israel legislated fasting on the Tenth of Tevet, for it was on that day that Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon, and his legions placed Jerusalem under siege.

Why do we fast on the 10th of Tevet? What is forbidden on the fast day? What can we still do?

By Rabbi Gideon Weitzman

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