articles on The Minor Fasts' Halachot
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Lessons on The Minor Fasts' Halachot
11. The Torah Reading for Fast Days
Chapter 7: The Minor Fasts
During Shaĥarit and Minĥa of public fast days, we read the section of the Torah that describes how God forgave Israel after the sin of the Golden Calf .
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 12 5782
12. Birkat Kohanim at Minha
Chapter 7: The Minor Fasts
On ordinary fast days, when we do not pray Ne’ila, the law depends on when the congregants pray Minĥa. If a congregation that recites Birkat Kohanim prays Minĥa at the same time that Ne’ila would take place, i.e., shortly before shki’a, the Kohanim bless the people
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 19 5782
10. The Aneinu Prayer
Chapter 7: The Minor Fasts
The Sages prescribed the addition of a special berakha during the ĥazan’s repetition of the Amida on fast days.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 12 5782
7. Sick People Are Exempt from Fasting
Chapter 7: The Minor Fasts
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.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 12 5782
8. Pregnant and Nursing Women on Tisha Be-Av and the Minor Fast Days
Chapter 7: The Minor Fasts
Pregnant and nursing women must fast on Tisha Be-Av. However, pregnant and nursing women need not fast on the minor fast.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 12 5782
9. Minors, Bridegrooms, and Soldiers
Chapter 7: The Minor Fasts
The Halacah of fasts reguarding Minors, Bridegrooms, and Soldiers.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 12 5782
6. One Who Forgets That It Is a Fast Day
Chapter 7: The Minor Fasts
One who accidentally eats or drinks on a fast day must continue fasting, because these days were instituted as fast days due to the distress that we experienced on them.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 12 5782
