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*See the [[Hatarat Nedarim]] page.
*See the [[Hatarat Nedarim]] page.


==Fasting on Erev Rosh HaShana==
==Fasting on [[Erev Rosh HaShana]]==
#There is a custom to fast on Erev Rosh HaShanah.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 582:2</ref>
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#One should not complete the fast until Tzeit HaKochavim, as that would cause him to enter Yom Tov famished.<ref>Mateh Efraim Siman 38</ref> Instead, one should fast until either Mincha Gedolah<ref>MaChazit HaShekel, Orach Chaim 581 S"K 10. Mishna Berurah 562 S"K 10 says one can rely on this opinion in the event one cannot fast until Plag Mincha. This is the widespread practice.</ref> or Plag HaMincha, daven mincha and eat afterwards<ref>Mateh Efraim, Siman 35. Mishna Berurah 562 S"K 10. In either case, one should not formally declare the fast at Mincha of the day before, as doing so without stipulating that he will not complete the fast will require him to do Hatarat Nedarim to finish it before Yom Tov begins.</ref>. Others suggest that one should only fast until Chatzot, eat and daven mincha afterwards.<ref>Shu"t Yaivet"z 2:147, Elef HaMagen S"K 73, Likutei MaHariach- Dinei U'Minhagei Aseret Yimei Teshuva.</ref>
# In either case, one should not lain the traditional laining for a Ta'anit Tzibur ("Vayechal Moshe").<ref>Rama, Orach Chaim 581:2</ref>
# Where there is a Brit Milah that day, one may eat.<ref>Rama, Orach Chaim 581:2</ref> Some are of the opinion that one can exempt himself with a siyum<ref>Orchot Rabbeinu Vol. 2, pg 172 in the name of the Steipler Gaon. Elef HaMagen S"K 77.</ref> or any other Seudat Mitzvah,<ref>Magen Avot (Lebhar, Orach Chaim 581:2</ref> as well.


==Other practices==
==Other practices==
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