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==Communal fast days== | ==Communal fast days== | ||
===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 | # Communal fasts which do not start at night only begin at Olot HaShachar. <ref>S"A 564:1 </ref> | ||
# If one went to sleep at night and wakes up before Olot HaShachar one may not eat unless one stipulated before going to sleep that one didn’t begin the fast and one would eat before Olot HaShachar. <Ref> S”A 564:1 </ref> However, the Zohar is strict even such a case and one should only be lenient if it's difficult to fast without eating before Olot HaShachar. <ref> Yalkut Yosef (Tefilah, vol 1, pg 126, 89:43, and 550:3), Sh”t Yabea Omer 5:22(5), Piskei Teshuvot 564:1 </ref> | |||
===When to end a fast=== | ===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> | # Any fast which one didn’t complete until Tzet HaCochavim is considered as though one didn't fast. <Ref> S”A 562:1 </ref> | ||
