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Question
Does a pregnant female have to fast on 17th of Tammuz?
Answer
On the "easy fasts" like the 17 of Tammuz, Tzom Gedalia, The 10th of Tevet and Ta'anit Ester a pregnant lady does not have to fast (especially in this heat).
Kol Tuv,
Rabbi Binyamin Bamberger
Netilat Yadyim on Yom Kippur
Rabbi David Sperling | Tishrei 13, 5774
Reading on a fast without 10 fasting
Various Rabbis | 12 Shevat 5767
Flying West on a fast day
Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Tammuz 6, 5782
