20th of Sivan
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The twentieth of Sivan is a day marked on the Jewish calendar for remember various tragedies that happened to the Jewish people over history. One pogrom it commemorates is the murder of 31 Jews in Blois, France, on the twentieth of Sivan in the year 1171. Rabbenu Tam declared it as a fast day and day of Teshuva. Over the crusades and Chmielnitzky massacres this day was designated for commemorating the martyrs who were killed.[1]
Minhagim
- There was an old minhag for the Jews of Poland to fast on the twentieth of Sivan.[2] Some say that the fast was only mandated for boys 18 years old and girls 15 years old and above.[3]
- Selichot are recited for this day.[4]
Anenu and Kriyat Hatorah
- If ten people are fasting in a minyan they should recite Anenu in the private Shemona Esrei as well as in the repetition of Chazarat Hashatz.[5]
- If ten people are fasting in a minyan for Mincha, they should recite take out the Sefer Torah to read Vayichal, as is the practice of a communal fast day. If the twentieth of Sivan falls out on Friday, the Torah is not taken out to read Vayichal.[6]
- Some say that if there is a minyan fasting they should read Vayichal even at Shacharit of a Monday or Thursday.[7]
Seudat Mitzvah and Brit Milah
- If there is a brit milah on the twentieth of Sivan, it is permissible to join in the Brit Milah meal and break one's fast. Afterwards, one may eat and drink regularly and doesn't have to continue fasting. The father of the baby boy and the Sandak don't have to fast at all that day since it is like a Yom Tov for them. Other seudot mitzvah also allow a person to eat on this fast day, however, if they could they should be pushed off until the night.[8]
Links
- ↑ Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kanagoff on yeshiva.co
- ↑ Magen Avraham 568:10, Bear Haetiv 580:9
- ↑ Shaarei Teshuva 580:9 based on a ledger of the Vaad Arba Aratzot
- ↑ Shaarei Teshuva 580:9
- ↑ Shaarei Teshuva 580:9
- ↑ Shaarei Teshuva 580:9 explains that this is unlike Asara Btevet where we take out a Sefer Torah and read Vayichal even on Friday afternoon. The reason is that many people are lenient and don't complete the fast of the twentieth of Sivan.
- ↑ Taz 566:3, Eliya Rabba 566:3, Malbushei Yom Tov 566:1, Shaarei Teshuva 580:9
- ↑ Magen Avraham 568:10, Shaarei Teshuva 580:9
