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==When does the fast start?== | ==When does the fast start?== | ||
# If one went to sleep at night and wakes up before Olot HaShachar one may not eat. However, if one stipulated before going to sleep that one didn’t begin the fast and one would eat before Olot HaShachar, one may eat before Olot, yet the Zohar is strict under any circumstance. <Ref> S”A 564:1, Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 550:3), Sh”t Yabea Omer 5:22(5), Piskei Teshuvot 564:1 </ref> | # If one went to sleep at night and wakes up before Olot HaShachar one may not eat. However, if one stipulated before going to sleep that one didn’t begin the fast and one would eat before Olot HaShachar, one may eat before Olot, yet the Zohar is strict under any circumstance. <Ref> S”A 564:1, Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 550:3), Sh”t Yabea Omer 5:22(5), Piskei Teshuvot 564:1 </ref> | ||
==When to end a fast== | |||
# Any fast which one didn’t complete until Tzet HaCochavim is considered as though one didn't fast. <Ref> S”A 562:1 </ref> | |||
==Washing oneself and swimming== | ==Washing oneself and swimming== | ||
# A Baal Nefesh should be strict not to wash oneself in hot water or anoint oneself, however it’s permitted to wash with cold water or wash one’s hands, feet, and face with hot water. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 550:6 and Shaar HaTzion 550:8</ref> | # A Baal Nefesh should be strict not to wash oneself in hot water or anoint oneself, however it’s permitted to wash with cold water or wash one’s hands, feet, and face with hot water. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 550:6 and Shaar HaTzion 550:8</ref> | ||
