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===Fasting on Erev Chanuka=== | ===Fasting on Erev Chanuka=== | ||
# Many authorities permit fasting on Erev [[Chanukah]]. <Ref>S”A 686:1 </ref> However, some hold that it’s forbidden to fast on Erev [[Chanukah]]. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 686:1 quotes that Bach and Pri Chadash who forbid fasting on Erev [[Chanukah]]. Nonetheless, Mishna Brurah writes that one shouldn’t protest those who have the minhag to fast on Erev [[Chanukah]] as a makeup for a fast on Erev [[Rosh Chodesh]] Tevet. </ref> However, it’s forbidden to decree a public fast on Erev [[Chanukah]]. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 686:1 </ref> | # Many authorities permit fasting on Erev [[Chanukah]]. <Ref>S”A 686:1 </ref> However, some hold that it’s forbidden to fast on Erev [[Chanukah]]. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 686:1 quotes that Bach and Pri Chadash who forbid fasting on Erev [[Chanukah]]. Nonetheless, Mishna Brurah writes that one shouldn’t protest those who have the minhag to fast on Erev [[Chanukah]] as a makeup for a fast on Erev [[Rosh Chodesh]] Tevet. </ref> However, it’s forbidden to decree a public fast on Erev [[Chanukah]]. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 686:1 </ref> | ||
# Preferably one shouldn’t fast for a Yeherzeit on Erev [[Chanukah]] and if one does one should break one’s fast before the time for [[lighting | # Preferably one shouldn’t fast for a Yeherzeit on Erev [[Chanukah]] and if one does one should break one’s fast before the time for [[lighting Chanukah Candles]]. <Ref>Nitei Gavriel 1:8 </ref> | ||
# A groom who is getting married on Erev [[Chanukah]] may fast the day of his wedding. <Ref>Nitei Gavriel 1:9 </ref> | # A groom who is getting married on Erev [[Chanukah]] may fast the day of his wedding. <Ref>Nitei Gavriel 1:9 </ref> | ||
===Reading Chagai on Erev Chanuka=== | ===Reading Chagai on Erev Chanuka=== |