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Question
Why do we read the Haftara in Mincha and not in Shacharit on a fast day?
Answer
The custom to read the Haftarah on fast days during Minchah and not during Shacharit is brought in the Tosfot Megilah 21a; since the verse of the Haftarah relates to performing charity and normally that will be done towards the evening so we read the Haftarah at Minchah after we did Tzedakah.
Flying West on a fast day
Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Tammuz 6, 5782
Netilat Yadyim on Yom Kippur
Rabbi David Sperling | Tishrei 13, 5774
A pregnant woman on the 17th of Tammuz
Various Rabbis | Tammuz 17, 5768
