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Rabbis are calling for a half day fast on Wednesday March 25 2020, Erev [[Rosh Chodesh]] Nissan.<ref>https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/israel-news/1841977/hagaon-harav-chaim-kanievsky-calls-to-fast-for-half-a-day-on-erev-rosh-chodesh.html</ref> | Rabbis are calling for a half day fast on Wednesday March 25 2020, Erev [[Rosh Chodesh]] Nissan.<ref>https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/israel-news/1841977/hagaon-harav-chaim-kanievsky-calls-to-fast-for-half-a-day-on-erev-rosh-chodesh.html</ref> | ||
#If the rabbis declare a half fast day until [[Chatzot]] according to Ashkenazim an individual can recite [[Anenu]] in Mincha Shemona Esrei<ref>Rama 562:1 writes that Ashkenazim hold that even for an incomplete fast one can recite anenu. Mishna Brurhah 562:48 references this Rama in discussing a fast that was accepted to fast until chatzot.</ref> assuming he is still fasting when he prays Mincha.<ref>M.B 562:6</ref> According to Sephardim one can only recite anenu if one fasts the entire day.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 562:10-11 holds that a incomplete fast is not considered a fast with respect to saying anenu. Therefore if one only fasts until chatzot one should not recite anenu.</ref> | #If the rabbis declare a half fast day until [[Chatzot]] according to Ashkenazim an individual can recite [[Anenu]] in Mincha Shemona Esrei<ref>Rama 562:1 writes that Ashkenazim hold that even for an incomplete fast one can recite anenu. Mishna Brurhah 562:48 references this Rama in discussing a fast that was accepted to fast until chatzot. The M.B 562:7 cites a debate as to whether one should omit the words צום תעניתנו while reciting עננו in such a scenario as many poskim argue that a half fast is not considered a fast and therefore one would not want to risk speak falsely, particularly when he is speaking to Hashem.</ref> assuming he is still fasting when he prays Mincha.<ref>M.B 562:6</ref> According to Sephardim one can only recite anenu if one fasts the entire day.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 562:10-11 holds that a incomplete fast is not considered a fast with respect to saying anenu. Therefore if one only fasts until chatzot one should not recite anenu.</ref> | ||
#A person should accept the fast from the day before, as is traditionally done at mincha time. If one didn't do so, according to Sephardim one shouldn't recite anenu, but according to Ashkenazim one can recite anenu.<ref>Shulchan Aruch and Rama 562:5</ref> | #A person should accept the fast from the day before, as is traditionally done at mincha time. If one didn't do so, according to Sephardim one shouldn't recite anenu, but according to Ashkenazim one can recite anenu.<ref>Shulchan Aruch and Rama 562:5</ref> | ||
