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# The torah can be read even if there are only six men fasting. <ref> Sh"t Yechave Daat 1:79 </ref> | # The torah can be read even if there are only six men fasting. <ref> Sh"t Yechave Daat 1:79 </ref> | ||
==Other | ==Other Halachot of Fast Days== | ||
# On all of these rabbinic fasts besides for tisha b'av one is permitted to wash, anoint, wear leather, and have relations. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 550:2, Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 530, Aruch Hashulchan 550:2. This is unlike the Ramban in Torat HaAdam (Chavel edition, page 244) who says that all of these fast days last from sunset the night before, and all the activities that are forbidden on tisha b'av are forbidden on these as well. The Shla Taanit 43b says the only reason not everybody accepted this is because it is something that is too hard for all of the congregation to hold, but on a personal level each person should make an effort to refrain from this. Mishna Brurah 550:6 and Kaf Hachayim 550:10 quote this as well but notes that one should continue to wear leather shoes so as not to publicize it too much. </ref> | # On all of these rabbinic fasts besides for tisha b'av one is permitted to wash, anoint, wear leather, and have relations. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 550:2, Yalkut Yosef Moadim page 530, Aruch Hashulchan 550:2. This is unlike the Ramban in Torat HaAdam (Chavel edition, page 244) who says that all of these fast days last from sunset the night before, and all the activities that are forbidden on tisha b'av are forbidden on these as well. The Shla Taanit 43b says the only reason not everybody accepted this is because it is something that is too hard for all of the congregation to hold, but on a personal level each person should make an effort to refrain from this. Mishna Brurah 550:6 and Kaf Hachayim 550:10 quote this as well but notes that one should continue to wear leather shoes so as not to publicize it too much. </ref> | ||
# On the day of a Taanis one should refrain from unnecessarily touching foods, lest one inadvertently eat during the fast. <ref> Piskei Teshuvot 589:1 citing Pri Megadim 612 citing Taz 612:8 </ref> | # On the day of a Taanis one should refrain from unnecessarily touching foods, lest one inadvertently eat during the fast. <ref> Piskei Teshuvot 589:1 citing Pri Megadim 612 citing Taz 612:8 </ref> | ||
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# Some poskim permit taking caffeine suppositories during the fast, to avoid caffeine related headaches. <ref> Maharsham (1:123, page 178), Chelkat Yaakov 2:83, Contemporary Halachic Problems (v. 2, p. 26). </ref> | # Some poskim permit taking caffeine suppositories during the fast, to avoid caffeine related headaches. <ref> Maharsham (1:123, page 178), Chelkat Yaakov 2:83, Contemporary Halachic Problems (v. 2, p. 26). </ref> | ||
====If | ====If One Made a Bracha by Accident==== | ||
# According to Sephardim, if one made a Bracha by accident and then realized that it was a fast day, one should eat a very small amount just enough that one can taste it and continue on fasting | # According to Sephardim, if one made a Bracha by accident and then realized that it was a fast day, one should eat a very small amount just enough that one can taste it and continue on fasting.<ref>Birkei Yosef 568, Sh”t Yabia Omer Y”D 2:5(6), O”C 4:41 and 10:41, Chazon Ovadia Arba Taaniyot pg. 22, Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 550:26 and [[Tefilla]] 1:89) writes that since according to the Rambam and others beracha livatala is a diorayta prohibition, if one accidentally recited a beracha, he is better off tasting a little bit to avoid that prohibition. see however Kaf Hachaim 568:16 who argues</ref> According to Ashkenazim, one shouldn't taste anything but just say Baruch Shem. <Ref> Daat Torah (of the Maharsham) 568:1, Sh”t Mishneh Halachot 7:80, Sh”t Shevet Sofer O”C 25, [http://www.yeshiva.org.il/midrash/shiur.asp?id=411#7a Peninei Halacha (Rabbi Elazar Melamed)], Halachos of [[Brachos]] (Rabbi Bodner, pg 207, note 39), and Piskei Teshuvot 568:2 rule that one shouldn’t eat it but rather say Baruch Shem. Teshuvot VeHanhagot 1:329 writes that one should taste it, not swallow, and then spit it out. [http://www.yeshiva.org.il/midrash/printShiur.aspx/1762 Rav Mordechai Eliyahu] quotes the differing opinions and doesn't give a ruling. </ref> | ||
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# If one ate by mistake on a fast day he should nevertheless continue fasting afterwards. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 568:1. Mishna Brurah 568:1 says this also applies if you ate on purpose. Mishna Brurah 568:3 says that you can even say aneinu during the shemoneh esrei during public fast days. Shevet Halevi 5:60 explains that this is only true for someone who began the fast and ate accidentally and not someone who is exempt from fasting. Yabia Omer YD 1:14:8 says you can only recite aneinu if you have eaten less than a [[kezayit]]. </ref> | ====If One Ate or Drank Inadvertently==== | ||
# If one ate by mistake on a fast day he should nevertheless continue fasting afterwards. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 568:1, Chazon Ovadia Arba Taaniyot pg. 22. Mishna Brurah 568:1 says this also applies if you ate on purpose. Mishna Brurah 568:3 says that you can even say aneinu during the shemoneh esrei during public fast days. Shevet Halevi 5:60 explains that this is only true for someone who began the fast and ate accidentally and not someone who is exempt from fasting. Yabia Omer YD 1:14:8 says you can only recite aneinu if you have eaten less than a [[kezayit]]. However, see Chazon Ovadia Arba Taaniyot pg. 22 where he says you can continue to recite anenu as long as you haven't eaten a kotevet, which is slightly bigger than a kezayit</ref> | |||
# If one ate by mistake, he doesn't need to fast another day to make up for it.<ref> Chazon Ovadia Arba Taaniyot pg. 22, Terumat Hadeshen 156 </ref> | |||
====Chewing Gum==== | ====Chewing Gum==== | ||
# It is prohibited to chew gum on a fast day, unless the gum has no taste whatsoever. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim 535 </ref> | # It is prohibited to chew gum on a fast day, unless the gum has no taste whatsoever. <ref> Yalkut Yosef Moadim 535 </ref> | ||
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====Tasting food==== | ====Tasting food==== | ||
# According to Sephardim, on a fast day besides [[Tisha BeAv]] and [[Yom Kippur]] one may taste food (to see if | # According to Sephardim, on a fast day besides [[Tisha BeAv]] and [[Yom Kippur]] one may taste food (to see if it is seasoned correctly) up to a [[Revi'it]], as long as one spits it out afterwards. According to Ashkenazim, one may not taste food on any communal fast day except where one needs to taste a food for a Suedat Mitzvah to see if it’s seasoned well. <Ref> S”A 567:1 writes that on any fast day one may taste food up to a [[Revi'it]] as long as one spits it all out, except for [[Tisha BeAv]] and [[Yom Kippur]] when it’s forbidden. Rav Ovadyah in Chazon Ovadyah (Arba Taniyot pg 27) rules like S”A. Rama 567:1 writes, based on Terumat Hadeshen 158, that the minhag is not to taste any food on any communal fast. Mishna Brurah 567:6 writes that one may only be lenient in a case where one has to taste food that’s being prepared for a Seudat Mitzvah to see if it’s spiced well. </ref> | ||
# Preferably one should be strict when making sure to have less than a [[Revi'it]] to consider this [[Revi'it]] to include anything one tasted the whole day, however, the strict law is that one only has to make sure to have less than a [[Revi'it]] each time one tastes. <Ref> S”A 567:2 quotes a dispute whether one is allowed to taste up to a [[Revi'it]] and the [[Revi'it]] is a combination of anything one tasted the whole day or that one may taste up to a [[Revi'it]] many times if at each time it is less than a [[Revi'it]] (according to the explanation of Mishna Brurah 567:7 and 9). Kaf HaChaim 567:12 rules that the halacha follows the second opinion but preferably one should be strict for the first opinion as well. Mishna Brurah 567:8 also implies this. </ref> | # Preferably one should be strict when making sure to have less than a [[Revi'it]] to consider this [[Revi'it]] to include anything one tasted the whole day, however, the strict law is that one only has to make sure to have less than a [[Revi'it]] each time one tastes. <Ref> S”A 567:2 quotes a dispute whether one is allowed to taste up to a [[Revi'it]] and the [[Revi'it]] is a combination of anything one tasted the whole day or that one may taste up to a [[Revi'it]] many times if at each time it is less than a [[Revi'it]] (according to the explanation of Mishna Brurah 567:7 and 9). Kaf HaChaim 567:12 rules that the halacha follows the second opinion but preferably one should be strict for the first opinion as well. Mishna Brurah 567:8 also implies this. </ref> | ||
====Tasting Food on Friday==== | ====Tasting Food on Friday==== | ||
